Loftus Glacier
| Loftus Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 33 ' S , 162 ° 46' E | |
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| drainage | Newall Glacier | |
The Loftus Glacier is a valley glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows between Mount Weyant and Mount McLennan in the Asgard Range to the Newall Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1964 after the American journalist Leo G. Loftus (1923-2008), who worked at the McMurdo station between 1959 and 1964 .
Web links
- Loftus Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Loftus Glacier on geographic.org (English)