Bussey Glacier
Bussey Glacier is a glacier flowing west from Mount Peary to the head of Waddington Bay on Kyiv Peninsula on the west coast of Graham Land. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, 1908–10, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Group Captain John Bussey of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys.- Glacier with an elevation of around 450 metres (1,490 feet)
- Description: glacier in Antarctica
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Touring Club and Balch, Mount.
Mount Touring Club
Peak
Mount Touring Club is a small snow-capped peak near…
Balch, Mount
Peak
Mount Balch is an east-west trending mountain with…
Bussey Glacier
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-65.28312° or 65° 16′ 59″ south
Longitude
-63.95782° or 63° 57′ 28″ west
Open location code
376RP28R+QV
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bussey Glacier” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bussey Glacier”
- Chinese: “布西冰川”
- German: “Bussey-Gletscher”
- Italian: “Ghiacciaio Bussey”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Busseybreen”
- Swedish: “Bussey Glacier”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vernadsky.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lumière Peak and Peary, Mount.
Antarctica: Highlights
Learn more about Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.
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