Krebs Glacier

Krebs Glacier (64°38′S 61°31′W / 64.633°S 61.517°W / -64.633; -61.517Coordinates: 64°38′S 61°31′W / 64.633°S 61.517°W / -64.633; -61.517) is a glacier flowing west into the head of Charlotte Bay on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Arthur Constantin Krebs, who, with Charles Renard, constructed and flew the first dirigible airship capable of steady flight under control, in 1884.[1]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Krebs Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/21/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.