Tingey glacier
| Tingey glacier | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mawson Escarpment | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 34 ′ S , 68 ° 25 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Lambert Glacier | |
The Tingey Glacier is a small glacier in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . It is located on the south side of McCue Bluff on Mawson Escarpment and flows into the Lambert Glacier .
Aerial photographs taken in 1956 and 1960 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) were used for mapping. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it in 1973 after the geologist Robert J. Tingey (1940-2017), who had participated in the ANARE campaigns in 1970, 1971 and 1972 to explore the Prince Charles Mountains .
Web links
- Tingey Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tingey Glacier on geographic.org (English)