Scudding Glacier
| Scudding Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Convoy Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 5 km | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Alatna Valley | |
The Scudding Glacier is a rugged 5 km long glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows from the southern flank of Mount Gunn in the Convoy Range into the head end of the Alatna Valley . The glacier is connected to the firn field of the Cambridge Glacier . It is particularly characterized by fierce (English: scudding ) and snowy katabatic winds .
Its name goes back to a team from the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program who worked in the area of the glacier between 1989 and 1990.
Web links
- Scudding Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Scudding Glacier on geographic.org (English)