Hatherton Glacier
| Hatherton Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Darwin Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 55 ′ S , 157 ° 35 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Darwin glacier | |
The Hatherton Glacier is a large glacier in southern East Antarctic Victoria Land . Starting from the polar plateau, it flows in an easterly direction along the southern flank of the Darwin Mountains and flows into the Darwin Glacier at Junction Spur .
Members of the Darwin Glacier Group mapped it during the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958). It is named after the New Zealand geophysicist Trevor Hatherton (1924–1992).
Web links
- Hatherton Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hatherton Glacier on geographic.org (English)