Evans Glacier (East Antarctica)
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 Location of the Evans Glacier (below center) on the west flank of the Beardmore Glacier ( satellite image ) |
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 47 ′ S , 170 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Beardmore Glacier | |
The Evans Glacier is a glacier in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Queen Alexandra chain of the Transantarctic Mountains, it flows immediately south of the Owen Hills to the Beardmore Glacier .
Participants in a campaign from 1961 to 1962 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition made the name. It is named after Petty Officer Edgar Evans (1876-1912) of the Royal Navy , who died on February 17, 1912 while returning from the geographic South Pole on the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott was.
Web links
- Evans Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Evans Glacier on geographic.org (English)