Howchin Glacier
| Howchin Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 12 ′ S , 163 ° 22 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Howchin North Stream , Howchin South Stream , Walcott Bay | |
The Howchin Glacier is a glacier on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It lies between Ward Glacier and Walcott Glacier on the eastern flank of the Royal Society Range and ends above Walcott Bay .
He was discovered by the team around geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor on the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . The glacier is named after the Australian geologist Walter Howchin (1845–1937).
Web links
- Howchin Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Howchin Glacier on geographic.org (English)