Vereyken glacier
| Vereyken glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 15 km | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 25 ′ S , 163 ° 57 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Koettlitz glacier | |
The Vereyken Glacier is a glacier on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . From the northeast slope of Mount Morning it flows in the immediate vicinity to the upper section of the Morning Glacier in a northerly direction between the Riviera Ridge and the Hurricane Ridge to the Koettlitz Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1994 after Jill Vereyken from the company Antarctic Support Associates (ASA), who from 1984 was significantly involved in the coordination and planning of scientific work at the McMurdo Station .
Web links
- Vereyken Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vereyken Glacier on geographic.org (English)