Blackwall Glacier
| Blackwall Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 13 km | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 35 ′ S , 159 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Amundsen glacier | |
The Blackwall Glacier is an approximately 13 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows from the western slopes of the Nilsen Plateau in the Queen Maud Mountains in a north-westerly direction along the northeast side of the Hansen Spur to the Amundsen Glacier .
The descriptive name was used by both Ohio State University teams who explored the Nilsen Plateau from 1963 to 1964 and 1970 to 1971, respectively. It was named after the black rock faces that surround the glacier.
Web links
- Blackwall Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Blackwall Glacier on geographic.org (English)