Heimdall Glacier
| Heimdall Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 35 ′ S , 161 ° 50 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Wright Valley | |
The HEIMDALL Glacier is a small glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range, it is located on the south side of the Wright Valley east of Siegfried Peak and Siegmund Peak .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee gave it a name from Norse mythology, as did numerous other objects in the Asgard Range . It is named after the god Heimdall , guardian of Asgard .
Web links
- Heimdall Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Heimdall Glacier on geographic.org (English)