McGregor Glacier
| McGregor Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 22 km | |
| width | ⌀ 6 km | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 8 ′ S , 174 ° 50 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Shackleton Glacier | |
 Liv Glacier map sheet from 1965, McGregor Glacier to the north of the map west of center |
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The McGregor Glacier is a 22 km long and 6 km wide glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains . It flows from the southwestern slopes of the Prince Olav Mountains in a westerly direction to the Shackleton Glacier , which it reaches immediately north of the Cumulus Hills .
The southern group of a campaign carried out by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition from 1961 to 1962 named him after Victor Raymond McGregor (1940-2000), geologist of this team.
Web links
- McGregor Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- McGregor Glacier on geographic.org (English)