Irwin glacier
| Irwin glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 7 ′ S , 163 ° 25 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Graveson Glacier | |
The Irwin Glacier is a steep glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . It flows from the Edlin Firnfeld in a northerly direction and merges with the Montigny Glacier coming from the north before it joins the Graveson Glacier .
It was mapped by surveying work by the United States Geological Survey and using aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1960 and 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier in 1970 after the glaciologist Carlisle S. Irwin, who conducted field research between 1966 and 1967 contributed to the Meserve Glacier .
Web links
- Irwin Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Irwin Glacier on geographic.org (English)