Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Hektoria Glacier

(Oscar II Coast)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 64° 50' 34" S 61° 45' 13" W
flowing SE into Larsen Ice Shelf W of Shiver Point, Oscar II Coast, was photographed from the air by Wilkins, 20 December 1928, and reported as 'long ice-filled fiords almost severing Graham Land' in c. 64 45'S (to SW of Drygalski Glacier, q.v.), to which he applied the name Hektoria Fiords after the whaling factory ship Hektoria, of the Hektor Whaling Company (Hektor Icefall, q.v.), used to transport his expedition to Deception Island. Following survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from 'Hope Bay' in September 1955, the glacier described above and two unnamed glaciers to the W were identified as the feature photographed and named by Wilkins. The glacier was photographed from the air by the United States Navy, 1968-69.