Endurance Glacier

Endurance Glacier is a broad glacier north of Mount Elder, draining south-east to the south coast of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, and is the main discharge glacier on the island. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after HMS Endurance (Captain P.W. Buchanan, Royal Navy), which anchored off the glacier on several occasions in support of the Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island, 1970–71.^[1][2]

Endurance Glacier
Wide view of the Endurance Glacier
Location of Endurance Glacier in Antarctica Show map of South Shetland Islands Endurance Glacier (Antarctica) Show map of Antarctica
Location	Elephant Island South Shetland Islands
Coordinates	61°10′S 55°8′W / 61.167°S 55.133°W / -61.167; -55.133
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	south coast of Elephant Island
Status	unknown

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

1. . Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
2. "Endurance Glacier". Antarctic Gazetteer. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 1 March 2012.

  This article incorporates public domain material from . Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

61°10′S 55°8′W / 61.167°S 55.133°W / -61.167; -55.133