Leander Glacier
Leander Glacier | ||
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location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Admiralty Mountains | |
Coordinates | 71 ° 56 ′ S , 167 ° 41 ′ E | |
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drainage | Tucker Glacier | |
Map of the Concord Mountains and Admiralty Mountains , Leander Glacier in the far southeast |
The Leander Glacier is a glacier in the Admiralty Mountains in the East Antarctic Victoria Land , that of the territory west of Mount Black Prince southward between the Shadow Bluff and the McGregor Range for Tucker Glacier flows.
Participants in the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1957-1958) surveyed part of the glacier and explored the upper section of Mount Midnight and Mount Shadow . It is named after the New Zealand warship HMNZS Leander .
Web links
- Leander Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Leander Glacier on geographic.org (English)