Alice Glacier
| Alice Glacier | ||
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 Location of the Alice Glacier on the west flank of the Beardmore Glacier ( satellite image ) |
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| location | Ross Dependency , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 21 km (roughly estimated) | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 58 ′ S , 170 ° 20 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Beardmore Glacier | |
The Alice Glacier is an Antarctic glacier around 21 kilometers long , which flows into the Beardmore Glacier in the Queen Alexandra chain of the Transantarctic Mountains .
The Alice Glacier was first mapped by participants in the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909) under the direction of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton and named after Alice Marshall, mother of the chief expedition doctor Eric Marshall .
See also
Web links
- Alice Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Alice Glacier on geographic.org (English)