Petkovic Glacier
| Petkovic Glacier | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mawson Escarpment | |
| length | 5 km | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 58 '12 " S , 68 ° 13' 48" E | |
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| drainage | Lambert Glacier | |
The Petkovic Glacier is a steep and 5 km long valley glacier in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the center of the Mawson Escarpment it flows between the Rofe Glacier and the Dolinny Glacier in a westerly direction to the Lambert Glacier .
Aerial photographs taken during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in 1956, 1960 and 1973 were used for mapping purposes. The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee named it after Josko J. Petkovic, a geophysicist at Mawson Station in 1971 and a member of the ANARE team to explore the Prince Charles Mountains in 1972.
Web links
- Petkovic Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Petkovic Glacier on geographic.org (English)