Fenwick Glacier
Fenwick Glacier | ||
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location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Saint Johns Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
length | 1 km | |
Coordinates | 77 ° 16 '33 " S , 161 ° 41' 35" E | |
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drainage | Ringer Valley |
The Fenwick Glacier is a 1 km long glacier in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Saint Johns Range, it lies between Mount Majerus and Tūkeri Peak on the rock face at the head of the Ringer Valley .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it in 2005 after John Fenwick, a New Zealand Department of Labor hydrology technician who led field research teams in the area in two Antarctic summer campaigns between 1972 and 1974.
Web links
- Fenwick Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fenwick Glacier on geographic.org (English)