Aurora Glacier (Antarctica)
| Aurora glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 37 ′ S , 167 ° 38 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Ross Ice Shelf , Ross Sea | |
The Aurora Glacier is a large glacier on the Antarctic Ross Island . It flows south from the area between Mount Erebus and Mount Terra Nova into the Ross Ice Shelf .
The New Zealand mountaineer and glaciologist Arnold John Heine named it after the Aurora , the ship of the Ross Sea Party as part of the endurance expedition (1914-1917) of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton .
Web links
- Aurora Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Aurora Glacier on geographic.org (English)