Beowulf Glacier
| Beowulf Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 38 ′ S , 161 ° 49 ′ E | |
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The Beowulf Glacier is a small glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range it flows in a northerly direction between the Mime Glacier and the head end of the Rhone Glacier .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the name of Mount Beowulf , which rises at the head of this glacier. Its namesake is the protagonist of the epic heroic poem Beowulf .
Web links
- Beowulf Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Beowulf Glacier on geographic.org (English)