Darwin firn field

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Darwin firn field
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location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 79 ° 30 ′  S , 155 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 79 ° 30 ′  S , 155 ° 0 ′  E
Darwin Firn Field (Antarctica)
Darwin firn field
drainage Darwin Glacier , Hatherton Glacier
Map sheet Turnstile Ridge from 1963 (reviewed in 1988) with DARWIN NÉVÉ in the middle

Map sheet Turnstile Ridge from 1963 (reviewed in 1988) with DARWIN NÉVÉ in the middle

The Darwin Firn Field is a large firn field in the southern East Antarctic Victoria Land . It lies on the west side of the Cook Mountains and the Darwin Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains . It is the origin of the Darwin Glacier and the Hatherton Glacier .

The New Zealand team to explore the Darwin Glacier on the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) named the firn field after this same glacier. Its namesake is Leonard Darwin (1850–1943), Honorary President of the Royal Geographical Society .

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