Hewson Glacier
| Hewson Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 24 km | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 12 ′ S , 169 ° 45 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Beardmore Glacier | |
The Hewson Glacier is a 15 miles long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra chain, it flows northeast to the Beardmore Glacier , which it reaches north of the Cloudmaker .
It was named after the surveyor and expedition member Ronald William Hewson during a campaign carried out from 1961 to 1962 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition .
Web links
- Hewson Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hewson Glacier on geographic.org (English)