Corner glacier
| Corner glacier | ||
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 Corner Glacier on the western edge of the map |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Deep Freeze Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 27 ′ S , 163 ° 40 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Nansen ice cream board | |
The Corner Glacier is a steep glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Deep Freeze Range, it flows between Black Ridge and Mount Dickason to the Nansen Ice Table .
The northern group of the British Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913), led by British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, explored the glacier for the first time and named it after its geographical location in relation to the Nansen ice table.
Web links
- Corner Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Corner Glacier on geographic.org (English)