Wood glacier
| Wood glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 29 ′ S , 166 ° 42 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Trafalgar Glacier | |
The Wood Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Victory Mountains, it flows in a southeastern direction to the Trafalgar Glacier , which it reaches immediately east of Mount McDonald . Its head end rests on a saddle that it shares with the Lensen glacier flowing north .
Participant in the 1957-1958 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition after geologist B. L. Wood, who was involved in this campaign.
Web links
- Wood Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wood Glacier on geographic.org (English)