Crescent Glacier (Antarctica)
| Crescent Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Kukri Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 1.5 km | |
| width | Max. 2.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Taylor Valley | |
The Crescent Glacier is a small glacier immediately east of the Howard Glacier in the Kukri Hills in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows north into the Taylor Valley .
The US glaciologist Troy L. PeWe (1918-1999) from the Arizona State University examined the glacier in December 1957 and named it after his, when viewed from the valley floor of the Taylor Valley from crescent ( English crescent ) appearance.
Web links
- Crescent Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Crescent Glacier on geographic.org (English)