Rachel Glacier
Rachel Glacier (65°37′S 62°10′W / 65.617°S 62.167°WCoordinates: 65°37′S 62°10′W / 65.617°S 62.167°W) is a glacier on the east coast of Graham Land, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, flowing east between Krupen Ridge and Padesh Ridge to enter Exasperation Inlet southwest of Mihaylovski Crag. The name, applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), is taken from Herman Melville's Moby Dick, the Rachel being a ship from Nantucket which met the Pequod and brought news of a lost whaleboat.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Rachel Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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