| 词条 | Buxton Glacier |
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| name = Buxton Glacier | photo = | photo_caption = | map = United Kingdom South Georgia | map_width = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Buxton Glacier in South Georgia | mark = Blue_pog.svg | type = tidewater | location = Saint Andrews Bay South Georgia | coords = {{coord|54|26|S|36|12|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}} | area = | length = | thickness = unknown | terminus = Saint Andrews Bay | status = retreating }} Buxton Glacier is a glacier flowing northeast between Heaney Glacier and Cook Glacier, on the north coast of the island of South Georgia, immediately south of Mount Skittle. The terminus of Buxton Glacier is located at Saint Andrews Bay.[1] Buxton Glacier is close to Ross Glacier, which is leaving a gravel beach in the wake of its retreat. Discovery and namingBuxton Glacier was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1987 after three members of the Buxton family: Major Aubrey Leland Oakes Buxton (Baron Buxton of Alsa), Pamela Mary Birkin (Baroness Buxton of Alsa), and their daughter the Hon. Lucinda Catherine (Cindy) Buxton, FRGS, who visited South Georgia in March 1982.[1][2] Flora and faunaThere is a king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) rookery near the terminus of Buxton Glacier at Saint Andrews Bay. This breeding colony has more than 100,000 penguins. Because of the long breeding cycle, the colony is continuously occupied. See also
References1. ^1 {{cite gnis| type = antarid| id = 2235| name = Buxton Glacier| accessdate = 6 June 2010}} 2. ^{{cite aadcgaz| type = antarid| id = 50998| name = Buxton Glacier| accessdate = 6 June 2010}} External links
1 : Glaciers of South Georgia |
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