Geysen Glacier
| Geysen Glacier | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 31 ′ S , 64 ° 36 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Fisher Glacier | |
The Geysen Glacier is a great addition to glaciers of Fisher Glacier in East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the Prince Charles Mountains, it flows northeast between Mount Bayliss and Mount Ruker .
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1956 and 1957 were used for mapping. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after Henrik Geysen (* 1921) from the Netherlands , head of the Mawson station in 1960.
Web links
- Geysen Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Geysen Glacier on geographic.org (English)