Tern Glacier

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Tern Glacier
location Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica )
Coordinates 77 ° 17 ′  S , 166 ° 32 ′  E Coordinates: 77 ° 17 ′  S , 166 ° 32 ′  E
Tern Glacier (Antarctica)
Tern Glacier
drainage Ross Sea

The Tern Glacier ( English for tern glacier ) is a small glacier on Mount Bird on the Antarctic Ross Island . It flows east of the Albatross Glacier on the northeast side of the Quaternary Icefall .

The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the antipodean tern .

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