Massam Glacier
| Massam Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 17.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 33 ′ S , 175 ° 12 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Ross Ice Shelf | |
The Massam Glacier is a 17.5 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains it flows in a northerly direction between the Waldron Spurs and the Longhorn Spurs to the Ross Ice Shelf , which it reaches immediately east of the confluence of the Shackleton Glacier .
The southern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1963-1964) named it after David Graham Massam (1935-2004), a member of the expedition.
Web links
- Massam Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Massam Glacier on geographic.org (English)