Montgolfier Glacier

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Montgolfier Glacier (64°47′S 62°15′W / 64.783°S 62.250°W / -64.783; -62.250Coordinates: 64°47′S 62°15′W / 64.783°S 62.250°W / -64.783; -62.250) is a glacier flowing to Piccard Cove between Rozier Glacier and Woodbury Glacier on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French papermakers, inventors of the hot air balloon in 1782–83, and pioneer balloonists.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Montgolfier Glacier". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-11-01. 

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