Adams Glacier (Viktorialand)
| Adams glacier | ||
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 The Miers Valley with the Adams Glacier (middle) and the Miers Glacier (right) |
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| location | Viktorialand , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 7 ′ S , 163 ° 38 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Lake Miers | |
The Adams Glacier is a small glacier immediately south of the Miers Glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . The formation zones of both glaciers are separated by a low mountain ridge, while this is completely surrounded by the lower sections of both glaciers, both of which flow into Lake Miers .
The New Zealand geodetic team of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) named the glacier after Jameson Adams (1880-1962), deputy leader of the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909) under the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton .
Web links
- Adams Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Adams Glacier on geographic.org (English)