Biker glacier
| Biker glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 4 km | |
| width | Max. 1 km | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Mackay Glacier | |
The Biker Glacier (from English biker , two-wheeler ) is a 4 km long and 1 km wide glacier in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows from the polar plateau in a northerly direction between Mount Littlepage and Mount Dearborn to the Mackay Glacier .
The name has been recognized by the New Zealand Geographic Board since 1995 and goes back to the use of bicycles as a means of transport when exploring the area by the team led by the New Zealand glaciologist Trevor J. H. Chinn (* 1937) between 1992 and 1993.
Web links
- Biker Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Biker Glacier on geographic.org (English)