Salient glacier
| Salient glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 6 ′ S , 163 ° 5 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Blue Glacier | |
The Salient Glacier is a glacier on the eastern flank of the Royal Society Range of the Transantarctic Mountains in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows northeast from the slopes of Salient Peak to the head of the Blue Glacier .
The New Zealand team to explore the Blue Glacier in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) carried out a survey of the glacier in 1957. It is named after the mountain of the same name, which is reminiscent of a headland (English salient ).
Web links
- Salient Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Salient Glacier on geographic.org (English)