Terra Nova Glacier
| Terra Nova Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Islands , Antarctica ) | |
| length | 8 kilometers | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Lewis Bay | |
The Terra Nova Glacier is an approximately 8 km long glacier in the north-central part of the Antarctic Ross Island . It flows north from the saddle between Mount Erebus and Mount Terra Nova to Lewis Bay .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1999 after the neighboring mountain of the same name.
Web links
- Terra Nova Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Terra Nova Glacier on geographic.org (English)