Recoil glacier
| Recoil glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Deep Freeze Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 46 ′ S , 163 ° 5 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Campbell Glacier | |
The Recoil Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows in the Deep Freeze Range south of Mount Pollock to the Campbell Glacier .
The northern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1962-1963) named it after the fact that they are "outraged shrink" ( English "recoiled in disgust" to be found) before the situation in the area of the glacier almost geologically interesting material.
Web links
- Recoil Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Recoil Glacier on geographic.org (English)