Lacroix glacier
| Lacroix glacier | ||
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 Lacroix Gl in the western area of the topographic map sheet |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 40 ′ S , 162 ° 33 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Taylor Valley | |
The Lacroix Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . It flows between the Suess and Matterhorn glaciers in a south-easterly direction into the Taylor Valley .
The glacier was mapped and named by participants in the British Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913). It is named after the French mineralogist and geologist Antoine Lacroix (1863–1948).
Web links
- Lacroix Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lacroix Glacier on geographic.org (English)