Pilot glacier
| Pilot glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mountaineer Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 23 ′ S , 165 ° 3 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Aviator Glacier | |
The Pilot Glacier is a short and strongly fissured glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Mountaineer Range it flows along the southeast flank of the Deception Plateau to the Aviator Glacier .
The northern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1962–1963) named it in memory of the achievements of the pilots of the United States Navy's VX-6 squadron in Antarctica.
Web links
- Pilot Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pilot Glacier on geographic.org (English)