Schimper Glacier

Schimper Glacier (80°18′S 25°5′W) is a glacier in the east part of Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range, flowing north-northeast into Slessor Glacier. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968–71. In association with the names of glacial geologists grouped in the area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Karl Friedrich Schimper (1803–67), German botanist who in 1835 originated the theory of the Ice Age in Europe to account for the distribution of erratic boulders.

Map of Schimper Glacier, Antarctica

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Schimper Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).