Midway Glacier
| Midway Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 10 ′ S , 166 ° 50 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Pearl Harbor Glacier | |
The Midway Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Victory Mountains it flows from the western flank of Evans Ridge on the common watershed with the Jutland Glacier to the Pearl Harbor Glacier .
The northern group of the New Zealand Federated Mountain Clubs Antarctic Expedition (1962–1963) named it after the Battle of Midway in World War II . Numerous other objects in the area are also named after sea battles.
Web links
- Midway Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Midway Glacier on geographic.org (English)