Liston Glacier
| Liston Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 39 ′ S , 161 ° 4 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Taylor Glacier | |
The Liston Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range , it is the easternmost three glaciers that flow into the northern flank of the western Taylor Glacier . It is located about 3 km east of East Groin , north of Round Mountain and immediately southwest of Wolak Peak .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2011 after Glen E. Liston, who was on a Norwegian expedition to Queen Maud Land between 1996 and 1997 , in 2005 on studies on glacial melt in the Antarctic dry valleys and from 2007 to 2008 on an overland traverse to the geographic South Pole was involved.
Web links
- Liston Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)