Rhesus Glacier

Glacier in Antarctica

Rhesus Glacier

Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region

Location of Rhesus in Antarctica

Location| Palmer Archipelago
Coordinates| 64°31′35″S 63°17′00″W﻿ / ﻿64.52639°S 63.28333°W﻿ / -64.52639; -63.28333
Length| 4 nmi (7 km; 5 mi)
Width| 1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Thickness| unknown
Terminus| Fournier Bay
Status| unknown

Rhesus Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Резос, romanized: lednik Rezos, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈrɛzos]) is a 7 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier draining the east slopes of the Trojan Range on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica southeast of Paris Peak. Situated east of Iliad Glacier, south of Lipen Glacier and north of Thamyris Glacier. Flowing northeastwards into Fournier Bay south of Thompson Peninsula and north of Predel Point.

The glacier is named after the King Rhesus of Thrace in Homer's Iliad.

## Location

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Rhesus Glacier is located at 64°31′35″S 63°17′00″W﻿ / ﻿64.52639°S 63.28333°W﻿ / -64.52639; -63.28333. British mapping in 1980.

## See also

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* List of glaciers in the Antarctic
* Glaciology

## Maps

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* British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3217. DOS 610 - W 64 62. Tolworth, UK, 1980.
* Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

## References

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* Rhesus Glacier. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
* Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)

## External links

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* Rhesus Glacier. Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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