Stratton Glacier
| Stratton Glacier | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range | |
| length | 32 km | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 22 ′ S , 29 ° 0 ′ W | |
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The Stratton Glacier is a glacier in the East Antarctic Coatsland . It flows in the Shackleton Range from the Pointer Nunatak first to the north, then to the northwest to the north flank of Mount Weston .
It was first mapped in 1957 by participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) led by British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs . It is named after David George Stratton (1927–1972), geodesist and deputy head of the team, who crossed the Antarctic continent for the first time by land during the expedition.
Web links
- Stratton Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stratton Glacier on geographic.org (English)