Discovery Glacier
| Discovery Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 15 km | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 20 ′ S , 164 ° 30 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Koettlitz glacier | |
The Discovery Glacier is a wide and 15 km long glacier on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows between Mount Discovery and Mount Morning in a northerly direction on the eastern flank of the Koettlitz Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1999 based on the name of Mount Discovery . Its namesake is the RRS Discovery , research ship of the British Discovery Expedition (1901–1904).
Web links
- Discovery Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Discovery Glacier on geographic.org (English)