Minerva Glacier
| Minerva Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Cook Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 34 ′ S , 157 ° 15 ′ E | |
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The Minerva Glacier is a tongue-shaped glacier in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Cook Mountains it flows in a northwesterly direction into the valley between Tentacle Ridge and Gorgons Head .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the Roman goddess Minerva .
Web links
- Minerva Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Minerva Glacier on geographic.org (English)