Seaton Glacier
| Seaton Glacier | ||
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| location | Kempland , East Antarctica | |
| length | 27 km | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 43 ′ S , 56 ° 26 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Edward VIII Ice Shelf | |
The Seaton Glacier is a 27 km long glacier in the East Antarctic Kempland . It flows in a southeastern direction to the northwestern part of Edward VIII Bay , where it joins the Edward VIII Ice Shelf .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it using aerial photographs from the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . Scientists from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions re- mapped between 1954 and 1958. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANARE) named him in 1958 after Lieutenant John Alex Seaton (* 1927) of the Royal Australian Air Force , pilot of the ANARE flights in 1956 from Mawson Station .
Web links
- Seaton Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Seaton Glacier on geographic.org (English)