Laird Glacier
| Laird Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Supporters Range of the Queen Maud Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 5 km | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Keltie glacier | |
The Laird Glacier is a 5 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains it flows from the Supporters Range in a northeastern direction to the Keltie Glacier , which it reaches 6 km southeast of Ranfurly Point .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Robert J. Laird, a biologist with the United States Antarctic Research Program at McMurdo Station in 1963.
Web links
- Laird Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Laird Glacier on geographic.org (English)