Deacock glacier
| Deacock glacier | ||
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| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 11 ′ S , 73 ° 31 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Indian Ocean | |
The Deacock Glacier is a glacier in the south of Heard Island . It's just west of Lavett Bluff .
The glacier was surveyed as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) between 1948 and 1963. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it after the ANARE participant Warwick Deacock (* 1926), who visited Heard Island in 1963 .
Web links
- Deacock Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Deacock Glacier on geographic.org (English)