Moubray Piedmont Glacier
| Moubray Piedmont Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Type | Foreland glacier | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 55 ′ S , 170 ° 20 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Moubray Bay | |
The Moubray Piedmont Glacier is a foreland glacier on the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It occupies the northern part of Moubray Bay . It is fed by the Moubray Glacier and other ice streams on the west side of the southern end of the Adare Peninsula .
Participants of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1957-1958) named him after George Henry Moubray (1810-1887), administrator on duty on the research vessel HMS Terror during the Antarctic expedition (1839-1843) under James, based on the name of the bay of the same name Clark Ross '.
Web links
- Moubray Piedmont Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Moubray Piedmont Glacier on geographic.org (English)