Hourihan Glacier
| Hourihan Glacier | ||
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| location | Australian Antarctic Territory , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Britannia Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 8 ′ S , 158 ° 45 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Merrick Glacier | |
The Hourihan Glacier is a glacier in the Australian Antarctic Territory . In the Britannia Range, it flows from the southern slopes of Ward Tower in a south-easterly direction to the Merrick Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2000 after Joseph John Hourihan (1902-1984) of the United States Navy , captain of the USS Merrick in the US operation Highjump (1946-1947).
Web links
- Hourihan Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hourihan Glacier on geographic.org (English)