Baxter Glacier
| Baxter Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Convoy Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 40 ′ S , 161 ° 51 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Fry glacier | |
The Baxter Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is fed by glacier fractures that flow from the flight deck firn field . In the Convoy Range, it flows northeast between Flagship Mountain and Mount Davidson to the Fry Glacier .
Participants in a campaign lasting from 1976 to 1977 as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named him after the New Zealand poet and social critic James K. Baxter (1926–1972).
Web links
- Baxter Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Baxter Glacier on geographic.org