Moa glacier
| Moa glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Kukri Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 42 ′ S , 162 ° 46 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Taylor Valley | |
The Moa Glacier is a valley glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Kukri Hills, it lies between the Marr and Goldman glaciers . It flows north and ends on the south face of the Taylor Valley .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it in 1998 after the moa , an extinct ratite order found in New Zealand .
Web links
- Moa Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Moa Glacier on geographic.org (English)