Prince Philip Glacier
| Prince Philip Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Churchill Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 32 km | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 21 ′ S , 159 ° 55 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Nimrod Glacier | |
The Prince Philip Glacier is a glacier in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Churchill Mountains it flows south between the Cobham Range and the Holyoake Range to the Nimrod Glacier .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (* 1921), prince consort of the British monarch Elizabeth II.
Web links
- Prince Philip Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Prince Philip Glacier on geographic.org (English)