Von Guerard Glacier
| Von Guerard Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Kukri Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 39 ′ S , 163 ° 20 ′ E | |
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| drainage | From Guerard Creek | |
The Von Guerard Glacier is a glacier between the Crescent Glacier and the Aiken Glacier on the northern slope of the Kukri Hills in East Antarctic Victoria Land .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1997 based on the name of Von Guerard Creek , the headwaters of which the glacier represents, after the American hydrologist Paul B. von Guerard, who carried out field research for the United States Geological Survey between 1987 and 1991 to the river system of the Fryxellsee was involved.
Web links
- Guerard Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- From Guerard Glacier on geographic.org (English)