Funk Glacier
Glacier in Antarctica
Funk Glacier (65°34′S 63°46′W / 65.567°S 63.767°W / -65.567; -63.767) is a glacier flowing into the head of Nevsha Cove in Beascochea Bay to the south of Frölich Peak, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Casimir Funk, an American (formerly Polish) biochemist who, while working at the Lister Institute in London in 1912, originated the theory of vitamins.[1]
References
- ^ "Funk Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Funk Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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- Adélie Land
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- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- James Ross Island and Graham Land
- Kaiser Wilhelm II Land
- Kemp Land
- Mac. Robertson Land
- Marie Byrd Land
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- Palmer Archipelago and Graham Land
- Palmer Land
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- Queen Maud Land
- Ross Dependency
- South Georgia
- South Shetland Islands
- South Orkney Islands
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