Trafalgar Glacier
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TRAFALGAR GLACIER in the western area of the map sheet |
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location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
length | 48 km | |
Coordinates | 72 ° 28 ′ S , 168 ° 25 ′ E | |
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drainage | Tucker Glacier |
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.
Web links
- Trafalgar Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Trafalgar Glacier on geographic.org (English)