Trafalgar Glacier

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Trafalgar Glacier
TRAFALGAR GLACIER in the western area of ​​the map sheet

TRAFALGAR GLACIER in the western area of ​​the map sheet

location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
length 48 km
Coordinates 72 ° 28 ′  S , 168 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 72 ° 28 ′  S , 168 ° 25 ′  E
Trafalgar Glacier (Antarctica)
Trafalgar Glacier
drainage Tucker Glacier
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The Trafalgar Glacier is a 48 km long glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Victory Mountains , it flows into the Tucker Glacier below Bypass Hill .

Participants in a campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition carried out from 1957 to 1958 named it in connection with the naming of the Victory Mountains after the Battle of Trafalgar, which was victorious for the Royal Navy in 1805.

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