Simler Snowfield
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Location of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.
Simler Snowfield is a snowfield lying northeast of Holtedahl Bay, on Velingrad Peninsula, the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctica. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. 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 1959 for Josias Simler (1530-76), who wrote the first reasonable advice on precautions for travel on glaciers, in 1574.
Coordinates: 66°3′S 65°5′W / 66.050°S 65.083°W
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Simler Snowfield" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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