Otago glacier
| Otago glacier | ||
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 Topographic map with the Otago Glacier (center) |
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 30 km | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 32 ' S , 161 ° 10' E | |
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| drainage | Nimrod Glacier | |
The Otago Glacier is a 30 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Elizabeth Range of the Transantarctic Mountains, it flows from the northeast flank of Mount Markham to the Nimrod Glacier , into which it joins immediately east of the Svaton Peaks .
The northern group of the 1961 to 1962 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named him after the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand .
Web links
- Otago Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Otago Glacier on geographic.org (English)