Dewdrop Glacier
| Dewdrop Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 1 ′ S , 162 ° 22 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Devils Punchbowl , Ross Sea | |
The Dewdrop Glacier is a small hanging glacier on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . On the southwest bank of Granite Harbor, it flows between The Flatiron and Devils Ridge to the head of the Devils Punchbowl .
Participants of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) under the direction of British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott discovered and named it after his appearance, to a drop of dew ( English dewdrop recalls).
Web links
- Dewdrop Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dewdrop Glacier on geographic.org (English)