Il Polo Glacier [SEP] continent
Il Polo Glacier
Il Polo Glacier () is a small glacier draining northward between Polar Times Glacier and Polarforschung Glacier into the Publications Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It was delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was named by Roscoe for "Il Polo", a polar journal published by the Istituto Geografico, Forlì, Italy.
See also.
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
Publications Ice Shelf
Publications Ice Shelf () is an Antarctic ice shelf about 35 nautical miles (60 km) long on the south shore of Prydz Bay, between Mount Caroline Mikkelsen and Stornes Peninsula. Several glaciers, listed from southwest to northeast, nourish the ice shelf: Polar Times Glacier, Il Polo Glacier, Polarforschung Glacier, Polar Record Glacier and Polararboken Glacier. The feature was first mapped from air photos by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. The name "Publication Glacier Tongues" was applied by