Newall Glacier
| Newall Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 30 ′ S , 162 ° 50 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Wilson Piedmont Glacier | |
The Newall Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located in the eastern part of the Asgard Range and flows in an easterly direction between Mount Newall and Mount Weyant to the Wilson Piedmont Glacier .
The New Zealand Northern Group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) mapped it and named it based on the name of Mount Newall after the British astrophysicist Hugh Frank Newall (1857-1944) from the University of Cambridge , who was involved in the procurement of financial Funds for the provision of the ship Morning to the rescue of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) was helpful.
Web links
- Newall Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Newall Glacier on geographic.org (English)