Ascent glacier
| Ascent glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Miller Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 13 ′ S , 156 ° 24 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Argosy glacier | |
The Ascent Glacier (from English ascent , rise, rise, slope ' ) is a glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows in the Miller Range immediately east of the Milan Ridge ridge in a northerly direction to the Argosy Glacier .
Participants in the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–1962) named it so because they used it as an ascent route to explore the Miller Range.
Web links
- Ascent Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ascent Glacier on geographic.org (English)