Rippon Glacier
| Rippon Glacier | ||
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| location | Kempland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 58 ′ S , 56 ° 25 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Edward VIII Ice Shelf | |
The Rippon Glacier is a small glacier in the East Antarctic Kempland . It flows east of Seaton Glacier in a southerly direction to the Edward VIII Ice Shelf .
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1956 were used for mapping purposes. It is named after Sergeant Ralph Tudor Rippon (1914–1994), aircraft body mechanic for the Royal Australian Air Force at Mawson Station in 1959.
Web links
- Rippon Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rippon Glacier on geographic.org (English)