Astronaut glacier
| Astronaut glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 5 ′ S , 164 ° 5 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Aviator Glacier | |
The Astronaut Glacier is a broad, south-westerly flowing secondary glacier of the Aviator Glacier , in the upper section of which it joins.
It was named after the name of the nearby Aeronaut Glacier by the northern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1962–1963).
Web links
- Astronaut Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Astronaut Glacier on geographic.org (English)