Terror Glacier
| Terror Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 37 ′ S , 168 ° 3 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Fog Bay | |
The Terror Glacier is a large glacier between Mount Terra Nova and Mount Terror on Ross Island, East Antarctica . It flows south to Fog Bay , a side bay of Windless Bight .
Arnold J. Heine, participant of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1962–1963), named it after the name of Mount Terror. Both geographical objects are named after the HMS Terror , one of the two research vessels of the British polar explorer James Clark Ross .
Web links
- Terror Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Terror Glacier on geographic.org (English)