Sledgers Glacier

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Sledgers Glacier
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 71 ° 26 ′  S , 162 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 71 ° 26 ′  S , 162 ° 48 ′  E
Sledgers Glacier (Antarctica)
Sledgers Glacier
drainage Rennick Glacier

The Sledgers Glacier is a glacier in the Bowers Mountains of East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows from Husky Pass along the Lanterman Range in a northwesterly direction and reaches the Rennick Glacier between Carnes Crag and Mount Gow .

It was named by the northern group of 1963 carried out until 1964 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (in memory of the sled teams English sledgers ) of the Golden Age of Antarctic research in the late 19th and early 20th century as well as their achievements in the development of the Antarctic areas.

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