Graveson Glacier
| Graveson Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 0 ′ S , 163 ° 45 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Lillie Glacier | |
The Graveson Glacier is a wide side glacier of the Lillie Glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Bowers Mountains it flows between the Posey Range and the southern part of the Explorers Range . It is fed by numerous smaller side glaciers and reaches the Lillie Glacier via the Flensing Icefall .
The northern group of a 1963-1964 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after the mining engineer James Francis (Frank) Graveson, a participant of the expedition who wintered at Scott Base in 1963 .
Web links
- Graveson Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Graveson Glacier on geographic.org (English)