Littlewood Nunataks [SEP] continent
Littlewood Nunataks
The Littlewood Nunataks () are a group of four lichen-covered nunataks, rising to about between Schweitzer Glacier and Lerchenfeld Glacier, on the Luitpold Coast of Antarctica. The nunataks are brick red in color. They were discovered and first roughly charted by the Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Wilhelm Filchner. They were visited by helicopter from the icebreaker on January 28, 1959, by John C. Behrendt of the United States Geological Survey, and Lieutenant Erickson, U.S. Navy, and were named by Behrendt
Schweitzer Glacier
Schweitzer Glacier (, ) is a glacier which drains west along the north side of Littlewood Nunataks into Vahsel Bay. The Lerchenfeld Glacier, trending west-northwestward, coalesces with the lower portion of this glacier. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Wilhelm Filchner. He named it for Major Schweitzer, first president of the German Antarctic Expedition Society.
See also.
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology