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Saturn Glacier
Saturn Glacier
is a
glacier
lying in southeast
Alexander Island
,
Antarctica
. The glacier is 15 nautical miles (28 km) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, flowing southeast into the
George VI Ice Shelf
of
George VI Sound
north of
Corner Cliffs
. Although the glacier is not situated within
Planet Heights
, its name derives from the nearby mountain range (Planet Heights) along with many other glaciers named after planets of the
solar system
. The
nunataks
at the head of the glacier are also named after solar system features, for example the
Enceladus Nunataks
named for a moon of Saturn. The coast in this vicinity was first seen from the air by
Lincoln Ellsworth
on November 23, 1935, and roughly mapped from photos obtained on that flight by
W.L.G. Joerg
. The glacier was surveyed in 1949 by the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
(FIDS) and named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(UK-APC) for the planet
Saturn
the sixth planet of the solar system.
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