Laënnec_Glacier

Laënnec Glacier

Laënnec Glacier

Glacier in Antarctica

Laënnec Glacier (64°12′S 62°13′W) is a glacier 3 nautical miles (6 km) long draining the northeast slopes of Stribog Mountains and the northwest slopes of Avroleva Heights, and flowing northeast into Hill Bay on the east side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

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The glacier was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for René Laennec, the French inventor of the stethoscope and a pioneer investigator of chest diseases.[1]

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    "Laënnec Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
Brabant Island from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background.


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