Lensen Glacier
| Lensen Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 18 ′ S , 166 ° 48 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Pearl Harbor Glacier | |
The Lensen Glacier is a glacier in the Victory Mountains of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows in a northeastern direction to the Pearl Harbor Glacier , which it reaches immediately east of Mount Pearson .
Participants of the New Zealand Federated Mountain Club Antarctic Expedition (1962-1963) named him after Gerald J. Lensen, who had worked as a participant in a 1957-1958 campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition in the area of the Tucker Glacier .
Web links
- Lensen Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lensen Glacier on geographic.org (English)