Carleton Glacier
| Carleton Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 1 ′ S , 162 ° 30 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Emmanuel Glacier | |
The Carleton Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Royal Society Range it flows from the northwest slopes of Mount Lister in a northerly direction to the Emmanuel Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1963 after Carleton College in Northfield , Minnesota , of which several researchers were active in Antarctica .
Web links
- Carleton Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Carleton Glacier on geographic.org (English)