Fiftyone Glacier
| Fiftyone Glacier | ||
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| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 11 ′ S , 73 ° 34 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Indian Ocean | |
The Fiftyone Glacier is a large glacier in the south of Heard Island . It flows south between Lavett Bluff and Lambeth Bluff .
The glacier was measured as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1948. The name is based on the year 1951, in which ANARE participants crossed Heard Island. In 1964, the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) changed the name as 1951 glacier to its current form.
Web links
- Fiftyone Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fiftyone Glacier on geographic.org (English)