Wylde Glacier
| Wylde Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mountaineer Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 32 ′ S , 166 ° 42 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Lady Newnes Bay , Ross Sea | |
Wylde Glacier is a glacier on the Borchgrevink Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located east of Mount Murchison in the Mountaineer Range and flows between the Dessent Ridge and Cape King in a southerly direction to Lady Newnes Bay .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after Leonard J. Wylde, a science officer at Hallett Station between 1962 and 1963.
Web links
- Wylde Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wylde Glacier on geographic.org (English)