Ashworth Glacier
| Ashworth Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Supporters Range , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 2 ′ S , 169 ° 16 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Mill Glacier | |
The Ashworth Glacier is a sharply defined flank glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows in a westerly direction from the Supporters Range into the Mill Glacier , which it reaches 5 km north of Mount Iveagh .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2007 after Allan Charles Ashworth, Professor of Paleontology and Stratigraphy from North Dakota State University , who discovered the only known fossils of flies and beetles in Antarctica in the nearby Dominion Range .
Web links
- Ashworth Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ashworth Glacier on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Allan Charles Ashworth. Profile page on the North Dakota State University homepage (accessed August 24, 2016).