Eastwind Glacier
| Eastwind Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 37 ′ S , 168 ° 16 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Fog Bay , Ross Ice Shelf | |
The Eastwind Glacier is an Antarctic glacier that drains the southern slopes of Mount Terror in the southeast of Ross Island . It flows in a south-westerly direction and joins the eastern flank of the Terror Glacier at the confluence with Fog Bay .
Named the glacier to the icebreaker USCGC Eastwind , who at the FreezeDeep operations of the US Navy came in the years 1955-1956 and 1966-1967 are used.
Web links
- Eastwind Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Eastwind Glacier on geographic.org (English)