Griffiths Glacier
| Griffiths Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Gonville and Caius Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 10 ′ S , 162 ° 20 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Debenham Glacier | |
The Griffiths Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Gonville and Caius Range it flows northeast of the Crisp Glacier in an east-southeast direction to the Debenham Glacier , which it reaches east of the rocky cliff Second Facet .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1999 after Harold Griffiths († 1974), a key figure in New Zealand's Antarctic research over a period of more than 50 years.
Web links
- Griffiths Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Griffiths Glacier on geographic.org (English)