Temple Glacier

Temple Glacier (64°0′S 60°1′W) is a glacier flowing into the south side of Lanchester Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1955-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Félix du Temple de la Croix (1823–1890), French naval officer who in 1857 designed the first powered model airplane to rise unaided, fly freely and land safely.

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