Ferguson Glacier (Viktorialand)
| Ferguson Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 28 ′ S , 162 ° 51 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Lower Wright Glacier | |
The Ferguson Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range it flows on the east side of the Gallagher Ridge parallel to the Decker Glacier in a northerly direction and flows together with this into the lower foothills of the Lower Wright Glacier in the Wright Valley .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it in 1998 to commemorate the journey of tractors made by the American manufacturer Massey Ferguson over the Lower Wright Glacier into the Wright Valley in 1967.
Web links
- Ferguson Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ferguson Glacier on geographic.org (English)