Slessor glacier
| Slessor glacier | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range and Theron Mountains | |
| length | 120 km | |
| width | Max. 80 km | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 57 ′ S , 27 ° 10 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf | |
The Slessor Glacier is a glacier in the East Antarctic Coatsland . It flows west from the Shackleton Range to the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf , which it reaches between the Range and the Theron Mountains to the north .
It was discovered from the air and later mapped by participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) led by British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs . It is named after John Slessor (1897–1997), chairman of the expedition committee.
Web links
- Slessor Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Slessor Glacier on geographic.org (English)