Denton Glacier
| Denton Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Type | Hanging glacier | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 29 ′ S , 162 ° 36 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Wright Valley | |
The Denton Glacier is a small hanging glacier in Victoria Land , East Antarctica . It flows from the northwest slopes of Mount Newall and ends on the south face of Wright Valley .
The American geologist Robert Leslie Nichols (1904-1995) named him after his assistant George Denton, who was involved in investigations at Marble Point between 1959 and 1960.
Web links
- Denton Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Denton Glacier on geographic.org (English)