Wales glacier
| Wales glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Kukri Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 37 ′ S , 163 ° 31 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Aiken Creek | |
The Wales Glacier is a short glacier immediately west of Mount Barnes at the eastern end of the Kukri Hills in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows north into the Taylor Valley . Participants of the British Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) named him after Wales, a country belonging to the United Kingdom .
Web links
- Wales Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wales Glacier on geographic.org