Norris glacier
| Norris glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 40 ′ S , 162 ° 12 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Matterhorn glacier | |
The Norris Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range, it flows between the Kennedy Glacier and Mount Darby in the upper section of the Matterhorn Glacier
The New Zealand Geographic Board named him in 1998 after Baden Norris, honorary curator of the Antarctic Collection of the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch , New Zealand , who was responsible as conservator for the preservation of the expedition huts built in the Ross Dependency and in particular on Ross Island .
Web links
- Norris Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Norris Glacier on geographic.org (English)