Ironside Glacier
| Ironside Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Admiralty Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 50 km | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 8 ′ S , 169 ° 40 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Moubray Bay , Ross Sea | |
The Ironside Glacier is a 50 km long glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Admiralty Mountains, it flows from the south flank of Mount Minto in a southeastern direction between Mount Whewell and Mount Herschel to Moubray Bay . At its mouth, it joins the Honeycomb Glacier coming from the north . The Baldwin Bluff , a rock cliff that juts out along the southwest flank of Ironside Glacier at a distance of 8 km southwest of the summit of Mount Whewell on.
Participants in the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1957-1958) named it after its imposing appearance, in particular due to the large icefall in the lower section of the glacier.
Web links
- Ironside Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ironside Glacier on geographic.org (English)