Kirk Glacier
| Kirk Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Admiralty Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 2 ′ S , 169 ° 9 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Ironside Glacier | |
The Kirk Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Admiralty Mountains, it flows in a southeastern direction along the south side of the Fischer Ridge and flows into the Ironside Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after Edward Kirk, the US Navy agent at McMurdo Station in 1967.
Web links
- Kirk Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kirk Glacier on geographic.org (English)