Wilson glacier
| Wilson glacier | ||
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| location | Kempland , East Antarctica | |
| length | 15 km | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 46 ′ S , 56 ° 25 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Edward VIII Ice Shelf | |
The Wilson Glacier is a 15 km long glacier in the East Antarctic Kempland . It flows in a northeasterly direction to the Edward VIII Ice Shelf , which it reaches immediately south of the Seaton Glacier .
Aerial photographs of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from 1956 were used for mapping purposes. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him after Hugh Overend Wilson (1924-1959), Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force and pilot at Mawson Station in 1958, who died in an airplane accident shortly after his return to Australia .
Web links
- Wilson Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wilson Glacier on geographic.org (English)