Man-o-War Glacier
| Man-o-War Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Admiralty Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 4 ′ S , 168 ° 3 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Tucker Glacier | |
The Man-o-War Glacier is a glacier in the Admiralty Mountains of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows south from Mount Black Prince and Mount Royalist between the McGregor Range and the Novasio Ridge to the Tucker Glacier .
Scientists in a campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , carried out from 1957 to 1958, named the glacier after the frigates of the same name of the British Admiralty in the 16th to 19th centuries, based on the name of the Admiralty Mountains .
Web links
- Man-o-War Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Man-o-War Glacier on geographic.org (English)