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Lister Glacier (Palmer Archipelago)

Coordinates: 64°5′S 62°19′W / 64.083°S 62.317°W / -64.083; -62.317
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Lister Glacier
Location of Bradant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Map showing the location of Lister Glacier
Map showing the location of Lister Glacier
Location of Lister in Antarctica
LocationPalmer Archipelago
Coordinates64°5′S 62°19′W / 64.083°S 62.317°W / -64.083; -62.317
Length5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi)
Width1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusBouquet Bay
Statusunknown

Lister Glacier (64°5′S 62°19′W / 64.083°S 62.317°W / -64.083; -62.317) is a glacier 5 nautical miles (9 km) long and 1 nautical mile (2 km) wide, draining the northeast slopes of Stribog Mountains and flowing into Bouquet Bay just south of Duclaux Point on the northeast side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

The glacier was shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. It was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, an English surgeon who was the founder of antiseptic surgery.[1]

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  1. ^ "Lister Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
Brabant Island seen from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background.