Downer Glacier
| Downer Glacier | ||
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| location | Kempland , East Antarctica | |
| length | 26 km | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 58 ′ S , 56 ° 25 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Edward VIII Ice Shelf , Southern Ocean | |
The Downer Glacier is a 26 km long glacier in the East Antarctic Kempland . It flows in an easterly direction to the Edward VIII Ice Shelf , which it reaches immediately north of the Wilma Glacier .
A sled team around the Australian geodesist and cartographer Robert George Dovers (1921-1981) mapped him in 1954 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . Aerial photos were taken in 1956. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named the glacier after Graham Kent Downer (* 1921) of the Royal Australian Air Force , equipment and electrical mechanic at Mawson Station in 1958.
Web links
- Downer Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Downer Glacier on geographic.org (English)