Sikorsky Glacier
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Sikorsky Glacier () is a glacier flowing into Hughes Bay north of Charles Point, on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Igor Sikorsky, American (Russian born) aircraft designer, who has pioneered helicopters since 1909.
This article incorporates text from Sikorsky Glacier, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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