Beaver Glacier (Enderbyland)
| Beaver Glacier | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| length | 24 km | |
| width | Max. 6 km | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 2 ′ S , 50 ° 40 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Amundsen Bay | |
The Beaver Glacier is a 24 km long and 6 km wide glacier in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It flows in a westerly direction between the Auster Glacier and Mount Gleadell to Amundsen Bay .
Participants of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions visited the glacier on October 28, 1956. It is named after the DHC-2 Beaver aircraft that served in the series of expeditions for coastal exploration.
Web links
- Beaver Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Beaver Glacier on geographic.org (English)