German glacier

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German glacier
location Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains Holland Range , Transantarctic Mountains
surface 25 km²
Coordinates 83 ° 28 '40 "  S , 167 ° 20' 3"  O Coordinates: 83 ° 28 '40 "  S , 167 ° 20' 3"  O
German Glacier (Antarctica)
German glacier
drainage Lennox King Glacier

The German Glacier is a glacier on the Shackleton Coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . At the southern end of the Holland Range, it flows between Mount Allen Young and Asquith Bluff in a north-easterly direction to the Lennox-King Glacier .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2018 by Major General Anthony P. German, commander of the 109th Airlift Wing of the New York National Guard air of machines it type Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Antarctica from 2006 by 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Biography of Mayor General Anthony P. German, In: nationalguard.mil (English)