Webb firn field
| Webb firn field | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 42 ′ S , 166 ° 18 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Seafarer Glacier | |
The Webb firn field is a firn field in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is at the head of the Seafarer Glacier .
Scientists in a campaign carried out from 1966 to 1967 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named him after Dexter Norman Webb (1923-1966), who was supposed to be responsible for public relations in this campaign, but was murdered on September 25, 1966 in Wellington .
Web links
- Webb Névé in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Webb Névé on geographic.org (English)