Merkur Glacier (East Antarctica)
| Mercury glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Cook Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 34 ′ S , 157 ° 17 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Darwin glacier | |
The Merkur Glacier is a wide glacier in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . It flows south from the slopes of Mount Hughes in the Cook Mountains to the Darwin Glacier . It is characterized by deep blue ice, which is covered by a layer of snow in the upper section of the glacier.
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the ancient Roman god Mercury .
Web links
- Mercury Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mercury Glacier on geographic.org (English)