Jorda Glacier
| Jorda Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Churchill Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 25 km | |
| Coordinates | 81 ° 18 ′ S , 159 ° 49 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Nursery Glacier | |
The Jorda Glacier is a 25 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows from the eastern slopes of the Churchill Mountains between Mount Coley and Pyramid Mountain , before joining the Nursery Glacier just before it joins the Ross Ice Shelf .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1965 after Lieutenant Commander Henry Pastor Jorda (1919-1981) of the United States Navy , a pilot on the VX-6 squadron during Operation Deep Freeze from 1955 to 1956.
Web links
- Jorda Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jorda Glacier on geographic.org (English)