Shimmering Icefield
| Shimmering Icefield | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Allan Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 39 ′ S , 159 ° 44 ′ E | |
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The Shimmering Icefield is a glacier field in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Allan Hills it lies between Shipton Ridge and Tilman Ridge .
It was given its descriptive name by a team from the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program to explore the Allan Hills in 1964. It is named after the mother-of-pearl shine that emanates from this formation in backlight .
Web links
- Shimmering Icefield in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shimmering Icefield on geographic.org (English)