Canyon Glacier (Antarctica)

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Canyon glacier
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location Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains Transantarctic Mountains
length 56 km
Coordinates 83 ° 57 ′  S , 175 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 83 ° 57 ′  S , 175 ° 25 ′  E
Canyon Glacier (Antarctica) (Antarctica)
Canyon Glacier (Antarctica)
drainage Ross Ice Shelf
Map sheet The Cloudmaker from 1965, Canyon Glacier in the northern half of the map east of the center

Map sheet The Cloudmaker from 1965, Canyon Glacier in the northern half of the map east of the center

The Canyon Glacier is a 56 km long glacier on the Dufek coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows from the northwestern slopes of Mount Wexler between the steep walls of the Separation Range and the Hughes Range and flows west of the Giovinco Piedmont Glacier into the Ross Ice Shelf .

The glacier was discovered during the New Zealand Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition (1959-1960) when climbing Mount Patrick . It is named after the canyon-like valley shape through which the glacier flows.

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