Creagh Icefall
| Creagh Icefall | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 2 ′ S , 161 ° 8 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Creagh Glacier | |
The Creagh Icefall is a glacier break in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Quartermain Mountains belonging Wilkniss Mountains it is located at the head of Creagh Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1994 in connection with the glacier of the same name. Its namesake is the New Zealand clergyman Gerard James Creagh (1929-1994), who was pastor in 25 Antarctic summer campaigns at the McMurdo station in the Chapel of the Snows .
Web links
- Creagh Icefall in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Creagh Icefall on geographic.org (English)