Morgan Glacier
| Morgan Glacier | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mawson Escarpment | |
| length | 16 km | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 17 ′ S , 68 ° 17 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Lambert Glacier | |
The Morgan Glacier is a small glacier in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . In the center of the Mawson Escarpment's McIntyre Bluffs, it flows west to the Lambert Glacier .
Aerial photographs taken by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1956, 1960 and 1973 were used for mapping purposes. The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee named him after Vin I. Morgan, glaciologist with the Australian Antarctic Division and member of ANARE teams that surveyed the Prince Charles Mountains in 1973 and 1974.
Web links
- Morgan Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Morgan Glacier on geographic.org (English)