Upper Victoria Glacier
| Upper Victoria Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 19 ′ S , 161 ° 25 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Victoria Valley | |
The Upper Victoria Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It occupies the northwest end of the Victoria Valley .
It was named on the occasion of a campaign carried out from 1958 to 1959 as part of the New Zealand Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions after the alma mater of the Victoria University of Wellington , who had financially supported the expedition.
Web links
- Victoria Upper Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Victoria Upper Glacier on geographic.org (English)