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Baranowski Glacier

Coordinates: 62°12′S 58°27′W / 62.200°S 58.450°W / -62.200; -58.450
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Baranowski Glacier
Map of King George Island
Map showing the location of Baranowski Glacier
Map showing the location of Baranowski Glacier
Location of Baranowski Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Baranowski Glacier
Map showing the location of Baranowski Glacier
Baranowski Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationKing George Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°12′S 58°27′W / 62.200°S 58.450°W / -62.200; -58.450
Thicknessunknown
TerminusAdmiralty Bay
Statusunknown

Baranowski Glacier (62°12′S 58°27′W / 62.200°S 58.450°W / -62.200; -58.450) is a glacier flowing east into Admiralty Bay, King George Island, northwest of Demay Point. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after Stanisław Baranowski (1935–78), Polish glaciologist who died on King George Island as a result of an accident at the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station while a member of the 1977–78 expedition.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Baranowski Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
The head of Baranowski Glacier