Prince Edward Glacier
| Prince Edward Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 11 km | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 46 ′ S , 159 ° 32 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Nimrod Glacier | |
The Prince Edward Glacier is an 11 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra chain it drains the north side of the Cotton Plateau and flows in a northerly direction along the western flank of the Hochstein Ridge to the Nimrod Glacier .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after Edward, Earl of Wessex (* 1964), the youngest son of the British monarch Elizabeth II.
Web links
- Prince Edward Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Prince Edward Glacier on geographic.org (English)