Edlin Firnfeld
| Edlin Firnfeld | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 10 ′ S , 163 ° 6 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Carryer Glacier , Irwin Glacier , McLin Glacier , Graveson Glacier and others | |
The Edlin Firn Field is a firn field in the Bowers Mountains of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is on the west side of Mount Sturm . Numerous glaciers, including the Carryer , Irwin , McLin and Graveson glaciers , are fed by this firn field.
Participants in a 1967 to 1968 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after George Edlin, the Scott Base postmaster who helped the expedition conduct field research.
Web links
- Edlin Névé in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Edlin Névé on geographic.org (English)