Farmer Glacier
| Farmer Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Surveyors Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 81 ° 47 ′ S , 159 ° 48 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Starshot glacier | |
The Farmer Glacier is a glacier in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . At the southern end of the Surveyors Range, it flows in a north-westerly direction between Mount McKerrow in the north and the Thompson Mountain towering south to the Starshot Glacier .
The namesake of the name, which was confirmed by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2003 , is New Zealander Douglas William Farmer, a member of the winter team at Hallett Station , who had worked there as a technician for geomagnetic measurements.
Web links
- Farmer Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Farmer Glacier on geographic.org (English)