Walsh Glacier (Antarctica)

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Walsh glacier
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Wilson Hills , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 69 ° 33 ′  S , 158 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 69 ° 33 ′  S , 158 ° 45 ′  E
Walsh Glacier (Antarctica) (Antarctica)
Walsh Glacier (Antarctica)
drainage Tomilin Glacier

The Walsh Glacier is a glacier on the Oates Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the center of the Wilson Hills it flows along the south side of the Goodman Hills in an east-northeast direction and flows into the lower section of the Tomilin Glacier .

The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after Gary Walsh, who was part of the United States Antarctic from 1968 to 1969 Research Program worked as a biologist on the Hallett Station .

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