Jeffries Glacier
| Jeffries Glacier | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Theron Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 13 km | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 2 ′ S , 28 ° 8 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Bailey Ice Stream | |
The Jeffries Glacier is a 13 km long glacier in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the Theron Mountains it flows between Lenton Bluff and the Marø Cliffs in a north-westerly direction to the Bailey Ice Stream .
Participants of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) made the first mapping and naming between 1956 and 1957. It is named after Peter Harry Jeffries (1931–2001), meteorologist on this research trip.
Web links
- Jeffries Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jeffries Glacier on geographic.org (English)