Global InformationBaudissin Glacier information
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 Location of Heard Island and McDonald Islands on the globe | |
  Baudissin Glacier | |
| Type | cirque/tidewater |
| Location | Heard Island, Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australia |
| Coordinates | 53°2′S 73°26′E / 53.033°S 73.433°E |
| Width | 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) |
| Thickness | 55 meters |
| Terminus | western side of Corinthian Bay, at Sealers Cove |
| Status | Retreating[1][2][3][4][5] |
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Baudissin Glacier (53°2′S 73°26′E / 53.033°S 73.433°E) is a tidewater glacier on the north side of Heard Island.[6] in the southern Indian Ocean. Located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Challenger Glacier, Baudissin Glacier is 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) wide and flows into the western part of Corinthian Bay. The terminus of Baudissin Glacier is located at the western side of Corinthian Bay, at Sealers Cove.[6][7] To the east of Baudissin Glacier is Challenger Glacier, whose terminus is located at the eastern side of Corinthian Bay, close west to Saddle Point. To the south of Baudissin Glacier is Schmidt Glacier, and to the northwest is Atlas Cove. Kildalkey Head is west of Schmidt Glacier. To the south of Schmidt Glacier is Vahsel Glacier, whose terminus is at South West Bay, between Erratic Point and Cape Gazert. Immediately south of Vahsel Glacier is Allison Glacier. Click here to see a map of Baudissin Glacier and the northwestern coast of Heard Island.
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- ^ Andrew Ruddell (25 May 2010). "Our subantarctic glaciers: why are they retreating?". Glaciology Program, Antarctic CRC and AAD. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
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- ^ Douglas E. Thost; Martin Truffer (February 2008). "Glacier Recession on Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean". Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 40 (1): 199–214. doi:10.1657/1523-0430(06-084)[THOST]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 130245283. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Baudissin Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ "Baudissin Glacier". Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 5 June 2010.