Zapol Glacier facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Zapol Glacier
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Location in Antarctica
Location	Vinson Massif Sentinel Range Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	78°35′00″S 85°51′00″W / 78.58333°S 85.85000°W / -78.58333; -85.85000
Thickness	unknown
Status	unknown

Central and southern Sentinel Range map.

Zapol Glacier (78°35′S 85°51′W / 78.583°S 85.850°W / -78.583; -85.850) is a steep valley glacier draining the west slope of Vinson Massif south of Silverstein Peak and Príncipe de Asturias Peak, and descending between Tulaczyk Glacier and Donnellan Glacier in the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. The glacier flows southwestward and leaving the range joins Nimitz Glacier south of Hodges Knoll.

It was named by US-ACAN (2006) after Dr. Warren M. Zapol, Department of Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, whose long-term research near McMurdo Station on diving physiology of Weddell seals (begun mid-1970s) was part of a larger effort to understand how gas is handled in mammals as part of a search to understand SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).

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