Meander Glacier
| Meander Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mountaineer Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 55 km | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 16 ′ S , 166 ° 55 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Mariner glacier | |
The Meander Glacier ( English for meander glacier ) is a large, 55 km long and meandering glacier in East Antarctica Victoria Land . Its area of origin is not far from Mount Supernal and the Hobbie Ridge ridge . It flows in a generally easterly direction through the Mountaineer Range and flows into the Mariner Glacier immediately east of Engberg Bluff .
Participants of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1962–1963) gave it the descriptive name based on its characteristic turns .
Web links
- Meander Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Meander Glacier on geographic.org (English)