Scott Glacier (Queen Marie Land)
| Scott Glacier | ||
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 Scott Glacier in the Denman Glacier Basin (satellite image) |
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| location | Queen Marie Land , East Antarctica | |
| length | 32 km | |
| width | ⌀ 11 km | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 30 ′ S , 100 ° 20 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Shackleton Ice Shelf | |
The Scott Glacier is a glacier in the far east of the East Antarctic Queen Marie Land . It flows in a north-northwest direction to the coast, which it reaches not far from the Shackleton Ice Shelf between Cape Hoadley and the Grace Rocks .
The glacier was discovered by the team from the Western Base of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson . Mawson named it after the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912).
Web links
- Scott Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Scott Glacier on geographic.org (English)