King Glacier
| King Glacier | ||
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 King Glacier map (center right) |
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 29 ′ S , 170 ° 18 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Ross Ice Shelf | |
The King Glacier is a glacier on the Shackleton Coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows northwest of Mount Ida through the Queen Alexandra chain between the Beaver and Beardmore glaciers north to the Ross Ice Shelf .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Lieutenant Hugh A. King of the United States Navy , senior officer at Hallett Station in 1964.
Web links
- King Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- King Glacier on geographic.org (English)