Walcott Glacier
| Walcott Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 14 ′ S , 163 ° 15 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Walcott Bay | |
The Walcott Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . It lies between the Radiant Glacier and the Howchin Glacier and flows from the eastern edge of the Royal Society Range to Walcott Bay on the Scott Coast .
The British geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor , participant of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913), named him after his American colleague Charles Walcott (1850-1927), director of the United States Geological Survey (1894-1907) and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1907-1928).
Web links
- Walcott Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Walcott Glacier on geographic.org (English)