Ahern glacier
| Ahern glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 81 ° 47 ′ S , 159 ° 10 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Starshot glacier | |
The Ahern Glacier is a small glacier that flows from the Churchill Mountains in an easterly direction between Mount Lindley and Mount Hoskins to the Starshot Glacier .
It was named by participants in the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1964-1965), which examined the Holyoake Range , Cobham Range and the Queen Elizabeth Range in the Transantarctic Mountains . Name giver is Brian Richard Ahern, New Zealand carpenter at Scott Base and expedition member.
Web links
- Ahern Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ahern Glacier on geographic.org (English)