Law glacier
| Law glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 16 km | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 5 ′ S , 163 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Bowden firn field | |
The Law Glacier is a 16 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows from the central polar plateau between the southern end of the Queen Elizabeth Range and the MacAlpine Hills in a shallow slope to the east-northeast lying Bowden firn field .
The New Zealand group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) named him after BR Law, the vice-chairman of the Ross Sea Committee .
Web links
- Law Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Law Glacier on geographic.org (English)