Coulston Glacier
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 Topographic map sheet (1: 250,000) with the Trafalgar Glacier (center left) and the significantly smaller Coulston Glacier |
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| location | Viktorialand , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 25 ′ S , 167 ° 58 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Trafalgar Glacier | |
The Coulston Glacier is a small glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Cartographers Range of the Victory Mountains, it flows 16 km west of Bypass Hill in a southeast direction to the Trafalgar Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after Peter W. Coulston, aircraft mechanic for the VX-6 flight squadron at McMurdo Station in 1967.
Web links
- Coulston Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Coulston Glacier on geographic.org (English)