Leigh Hunt Glacier
| Leigh Hunt Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 11 km | |
| width | Max. 2.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 0 ′ S , 174 ° 10 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Brandau Glacier | |
The Leigh Hunt Glacier is a 11 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows immediately west of Hare Peak in a north-northwest direction to the Brandau Glacier .
Participants in a campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition carried out from 1961 to 1962 discovered and named him. Namesake is Arthur Leigh Hunt (1876–1968), founder and first chairman of the New Zealand Antarctic Society .
Web links
- Leigh Hunt Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Leigh Hunt Glacier on geographic.org (English)