Sefton Glacier
| Sefton Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 16 km | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 45 ′ S , 156 ° 52 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Byrd glacier | |
 Map sheet Mount Olympus from 1964, Sefton Glacier in the southeast of the map |
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The Sefton Glacier is a 16 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows into the south side of the Byrd Glacier , which it reaches immediately west of the Rundle Peaks .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1965 after the ionospheric physicist Ronald F. Sefton, who was a member of the winter team at Byrd Station in 1962 and 1964.
Web links
- Sefton Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sefton Glacier on geographic.org (English)