Thyer glacier
| Thyer glacier | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Raggatt Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 43 ′ S , 48 ° 45 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Rayner Glacier | |
The Thyer Glacier is a glacier in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It flows along the southern flank of the Raggatt Mountains in a north-westerly direction to the Rayner Glacier .
It was discovered by Douglas Walter Leckie (* 1920), flight squadron leader of the Royal Australian Air Force , during an overflight in October 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named the glacier after Robert Francis Thyer (1908-1992), chief geophysicist at the Bureau of Mineral Resources of the Australian Department of National Development .
Web links
- Thyer Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Thyer Glacier on geographic.org (English)