Cerberus glacier
| Cerberus glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Olympus Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 1.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Cerberus Glacier is a 1.5 km long glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Olympus Range, it covers the southern and eastern slopes of the otherwise ice-free Mount Cerberus .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1997 based on the name of the mountain that is his home. Its namesake is the three-headed dog Cerberus from Greek mythology.
Web links
- Cerberus Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cerberus Glacier on geographic.org (English)