Wilson Piedmont Glacier
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 Topographic map of the region around McMurdo Sound with the Wilson Piedmont Glacier (left) |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 15 ′ S , 163 ° 10 ′ E | |
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| drainage | McMurdo Sound | |
The Wilson Piedmont Glacier is a foreland glacier on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It extends from Granite Harbor to Marble Point .
He was discovered by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . It is named after Edward Wilson (1872–1912), surgeon and illustrator of the expedition, who died together with Scott and three companions as part of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) on the way back from the South Pole to the base camp.
Web links
- Wilson Piedmont Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wilson Piedmont Glacier on geographic.org (English)