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Cayley Glacier

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Cayley Glacier (64°20′S 60°58′W) is a glacier flowing northwest into the south side of Brialmont Cove, on the west coast of Graham Land. It was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956–57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Sir George Cayley, English engineer, the "father of aeronautica," who first defined the main principles of mechanical flight, 1796–1857, and also designed the first caterpillar tractor in 1826.

Map of Cayley Glacier, Antarctica

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