zaterdag 4 september 2010

Hoek Glacier


Hoek Glacier named after Henry Hoek.
Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109336
This name originates from United Kingdom, but is also called , Hoek Glacier (United States of America) and Hoek, glaciar (Argentina).
It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
flowing NW from Simler Snowfield towards Harrison Passage, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of ski-mountaineering grouped in this area, named after Henry William Hoek (1875-1951), pioneer Swiss (originally German) ski-mountaineer and author of Der Schi und seine sportliche Benutzung (München, 1906), one of the earliest skiing manuals (APC, 1959a p.7; BA chart 3573, 26.viii.1960).


Latitude: 66° 00' 00.0" S -66.000°
Longitude: 65° 03' 00.0" W -65.050°