Topside glacier
| Topside glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Convoy Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 42 ′ S , 160 ° 57 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Greenville Valley | |
The Topside Glacier is a 0.8 km long cirque glacier in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Convoy Range, it flows from the south face of Elkhorn Ridge into the Greenville Valley .
Its name goes back to a team from the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program who worked in the area of the glacier between 1989 and 1990.
Web links
- Topside Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Topside Glacier on geographic.org (English)