Goldsmith Glacier
| Goldsmith Glacier | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Theron Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 56 ′ S , 27 ° 18 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Bailey Ice Stream | |
The Goldsmith Glacier is a glacier in the East Antarctic Coatsland . It flows 10 km south of the Tailend Nunatak in a west-northwest direction through the Theron Mountains to the Bailey Ice Stream .
Participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) mapped and named him. It is named after the British doctor Rainer Goldsmith (* 1927), who came from Germany and was a member of the team ahead of this research trip.
Web links
- Goldsmith Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Goldsmith Glacier on geographic.org (English)