Algie glacier
| Algie glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Nash Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 40 km | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 8 ′ S , 162 ° 5 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Nimrod Glacier | |
The Algie Glacier is a 40 kilometer long glacier in the Ross Dependency part of the Transantarctic Mountains . It flows immediately west of the Nash Range in a south-easterly direction into the Nimrod Glacier .
The New Zealand Ross Sea Committee named him after the New Zealand politician Ronald Algie (1888-1988), who supported the work of the New Zealand team in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) during his tenure as Minister for Scientific and Industrial Research .
Web links
- Algie Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Algie Glacier on geographic.org (English)