Spring glacier
| Spring glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 55 ′ S , 163 ° 6 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Blue Glacier | |
The Spring Glacier is a glacier in Victoria Land, East Antarctica . In the northeastern part of the Royal Society Range it flows between Stoner Peak and the Transit Ridge to the Blue Glacier , which it reaches in the vicinity of the Granite Knolls .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1992 after Thomes E. Spring of the United States Geological Survey , who headed a two-person team for astronomical surveys at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station from 1969 to 1970.
Web links
- Spring Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Spring Glacier on geographic.org (English)