Overturn Glacier
| Overturn Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Darwin Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 54 ′ S , 157 ° 15 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Hatherton Glacier | |
The Overturn Glacier (from English overturn , ' capsize ' ) is a short glacier in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Darwin Mountains, it flows 5.8 km west of the Junction Spur into the Hatherton Glacier .
A field research team from the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program named it that in 1991 after its sled crashed dramatically while descending the glacier.
Web links
- Overturn Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Overturn Glacier on geographic.org (English)