Gotley Glacier
| Gotley Glacier | ||
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| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| length | 8 kilometers | |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 73 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Indian Ocean | |
The Gotley Glacier is an 8 km long glacier on the island of Heard . It flows from the ice-covered slopes of the Big Ben volcano to the southwest coast of the island, which it reaches between Cape Arkona and Cape Labuan .
Participants in the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions mapped it in 1948 and named it after Aubrey V. Gotley, chief meteorologist and officer on duty on this expedition.
Web links
- Gotley Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gotley Glacier on geographic.org (English)