Gough glacier
| Gough glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Olav Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 40 km | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 42 ′ S , 171 ° 35 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Ross Ice Shelf | |
The Gough Glacier is a 40 km long glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains . It flows north from the northern slopes of the Prince Olav Mountains and the base of the Lillie Range between the Gabbro Hills and Bravo Hills to the Ross Ice Shelf on the Dufek Coast .
The southern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1963-1964) named it after the New Zealand geodesist Alan L. Gough, a participant in the research trip.
Web links
- Gough Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gough Glacier on geographic.org (English)