Anderton Glacier
| Anderton Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Eisenhower Range Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 11 km | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 41 ′ S , 162 ° 22 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Reeves glacier | |
The Anderton Glacier is an 11 km long glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . It flows from the southern slopes of the Eisenhower Range to the Reeves Glacier , which it reaches between Mount Matz and the Andersson Ridge .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and using aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1955 and 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Peter Wightman Anderton, a glaciologist at McMurdo Station between 1965 and 1966.
Web links
- Anderton Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Anderton Glacier on geographic.org