Merrick Glacier
| Merrick Glacier | ||
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| location | Australian Antarctic Territory , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Britannia Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 13 ′ S , 158 ° 52 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Byrd glacier | |
The Merrick Glacier is a steep glacier in the Australian Antarctic Territory . In the eastern part of the Britannia Range of the Transantarctic Mountains, it flows east of the Sennet Glacier in a southerly direction to the Byrd Glacier , which it reaches west of the Horney Bluff .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1965 after the USS Merrick , a transport ship of the United States Navy used in the US Operation Highjump (1946-1947) .
Web links
- Merrick Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Merrick Glacier on geographic.org (English)