Rim glacier
| Rim glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 10 km | |
| width | Max. 2 km | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Mackay Glacier | |
The Rim Glacier is a 10 km long and up to 2 km wide glacier in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through a deeply cut valley to the Mackay Glacier .
The naming of a chain sprocket ( English rim ) recognized by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1995 goes back to the use of bicycles as a means of transport when exploring the area by the team around New Zealand glaciologist Trevor JH Chinn (* 1937) between 1992 and 1993 .
Web links
- Rim Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rim Glacier on geographic.org (English)