Willis Glacier
| Willis Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Saint Johns Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Type | Valley glacier | |
| length | 8 kilometers | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Debenham Glacier | |
The Willis Glacier is an 8 km valley glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows in the Saint Johns Range from Schist Peak along the west side of Mount Harker to the Debenham Glacier .
The glacier was mapped in a 1959-1960 campaign as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions . It is named after the New Zealand geophysicist Ian A. G. Willis, who participated in the expedition.
Web links
- Willis Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Willis Glacier on geographic.org (English)