Pluto Glacier () is a glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide, which flows east into George VI Sound to the north of Succession Cliffs. Although Pluto Glacier is not located within nearby Planet Heights, the glacier was named in association with the mountain range along with many other nearby glaciers that are named after planets of the Solar System. The glacier was first photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Pluto, then considered the ninth (and last) planet of the Solar System, following Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) surveys in 1948 and 1949.
See also Jupiter Glacier Uranus Glacier Neptune Glacier
References
Further reading RILEY, T., FLOWERDEW, M., & WHITEHOUSE, M. (2012), Chrono- and lithostratigraphy of a Mesozoic–Tertiary fore- to intra-arc basin: Adelaide Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Geological Magazine, 149(5), 768–782. doi:10.1017/S0016756811001002 Jane G. Ferrigno, Alison J. Cook, Amy M. Mathie, Richard S. Williams, Jr., Charles Swithinbank, Kevin M. Foley, Adrian J. Fox, Janet W. Thomson, and Jörn Sievers, Coastal-Change and Glaciological Map of the Palmer Land Area, Antarctica: 1947–2009, U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series Map I–2600–C, 1 map sheet, 28-p Sven Brysch, Changes in climate and palaeoenvironment during the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous in southern South America and western Antarctica , Heidelberg, 2018
External links
Pluto Glacier on USGS website Pluto Glacier on SCAR website Pluto Glacier on mindat.org Long term updated weather forecast for Pluto Glacier