Eady Piedmont Glacier
| Eady Piedmont Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 31 ′ S , 165 ° 20 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Ross Ice Shelf , Ross Sea | |
The Eady Piedmont Glacier is a foreland glacier in southern East Antarctica Victoria Land . On the Hillary Coast, it lies south of Mount Discovery and Minna Bluff and merges into the Ross Ice Shelf on its south side .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1963 after Jack Alfred Eady (1914-2009), Chief of Staff of the Commander of the Support Units of the US Naval Forces in Antarctica between July 1959 and April 1962.
Web links
- Eady Ice Piedmont in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Eady Ice Piedmont on geographic.org (English)