Foolsmate Glacier
| Foolsmate Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 1 ′ S , 161 ° 55 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Priestley Glacier | |
The Foolsmate Glacier (English for Narrenmatt Glacier ) is a small and very rugged glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows 17.5 km west of Shafer Peak in a northeast direction to the Priestley Glacier .
The name goes back to members of the southern group of a 1962 to 1963 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition . The further naming background has not been passed down.
Web links
- Fools Mate Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Foolsmate Glacier on geographic.org (English)