Helmore Glacier
| Helmore Glacier | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mawson Escarpment | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 4 ′ S , 68 ° 19 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Lambert Glacier | |
The Helmore Glacier is a small glacier in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . In the northern part of the Mawson Escarpment it flows 3 km south of the Dolinny Glacier in a westerly direction to the Lambert Glacier .
Aerial photographs taken by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1956, 1960 and 1973 were used for mapping purposes. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 1975 after Reginald C. Helmore, an ANARE crew technician who surveyed the Prince Charles Mountains in 1973.
Web links
- Helmore Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Helmore Glacier on geographic.org (English)