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Rozier Glacier
Rozier
Glacier
is a
glacier
flowing between
Pishtachev Peak
and
Balis Ridge
into
Wilhelmina Bay
north of
Sophie Cliff
, on the
west coast
of
Graham Land
,
Antarctica
. Charted by the
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
under Gerlache, 1897–99. Named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
in
1960
for
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
, French
technician
who made
the first human
balloon ascent
and the first
balloon
voyage
, in 1783.