Turk glacier
| Turk glacier | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mawson Escarpment | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 21 ′ S , 68 ° 24 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Lambert Glacier | |
The Turk Glacier is a small glacier in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . On the south flank of McIntyre Bluffs in Mawson Escarpment, it flows west and flows into the Lambert Glacier .
Aerial photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) were used for mapping. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named it after geodesist Andrew Turk, who participated in the 1974 ANARE campaign to explore the Prince Charles Mountains .
Web links
- Turk Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Turk Glacier on geographic.org (English)