Cocks Glacier
| Cocks Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 41 ′ S , 162 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Skelton Glacier | |
The Cocks Glacier is a glacier in the south of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It drains the southwest flank of Mount Cock and a large area south of this mountain and flows into the Skelton glacier opposite the Delta Glacier .
A New Zealand exploration team carried out in 1957 as part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) measurements and the naming based on that of Mount Cock. Its namesake is Edward Lygon Somers Cocks (1858-1923), honorary treasurer of the Royal Geographical Society .
Web links
- Cocks Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cocks Glacier on geographic.org (English)