Bucher Glacier

Bucher Glacier (67°39′S 66°50′W) is a small glacier draining the west slopes of Rudozem Heights and flowing to Bourgeois Fjord just north of Bottrill Head on the German Peninsula, Fallières Coast on the west side of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958 for Edwin Bucher, Swiss glaciologist and author of many publications on snow and avalanches.

Bucher Glacier
Location of German Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Bucher Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Graham Land
Coordinates	67°39′00″S 66°50′00″W
Thickness	unknown
Highest elevation	633 m (2,077 ft)
Terminus	Bourgeois Fjord
Status	unknown

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Map

• British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 67 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from "Bucher Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

External links

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.