McLin Glacier
| McLin Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 12 ′ S , 163 ° 27 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Graveson Glacier | |
The McLin Glacier is a glacier in the Bowers Mountains of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . From the north side of the McKenzie Nunatak it flows to the Graveson Glacier . On the western flank it collides with the Carryer glacier and is partially fed by the Edlin firn field .
Participants in a campaign carried out from 1967 to 1968 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named him after Lieutenant Commander Robert D. McLin of the United States Navy , pilot of a Hercules LC-130 in Antarctica at that time.
Web links
- McLin Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- McLin Glacier on geographic.org (English)