Auster glacier
| Auster glacier | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| width | ⌀ 3 km | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 12 ′ S , 50 ° 45 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Amundsen Bay | |
The Auster Glacier is a 3 km wide glacier in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It flows in a north-westerly direction into the south-eastern foothills of the Amundsen Bay .
Participants in a company led by the German-Australian geologist Peter Wolfgang Israel Crohn (1925-2015) as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions sighted the glacier for the first time in October 1956. It is named after an aircraft from the British manufacturer Auster Aircraft , which was used to explore the coast was used in the target area of the research trip.
Web links
- Auster Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Auster Glacier on geographic.org (English)