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Arago Glacier
Location of Arago Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Graham Land
Coordinates	64°51′S 62°23′W / 64.850°S 62.383°W / -64.850; -62.383
Terminus	Andvord Bay

Arago Glacier (64°51′S 62°23′W / 64.850°S 62.383°W / -64.850; -62.383Coordinates: 64°51′S 62°23′W / 64.850°S 62.383°W / -64.850; -62.383) is a glacier flowing into Andvord Bay just northwest of Moser Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land. It was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for François Arago, the French geodesist who first demonstrated the application of photography to mapmaking in 1839.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic


• Glaciology

References

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

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