MacKinnon Glacier

The MacKinnon Glacier (71°32′S 163°13′E) is a glacier flowing northward along the west side of Reilly Ridge into Sledgers Glacier in the Lanterman Range of the Bowers Mountains, Antarctica. It was named in 1983 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee after geologist D.I. MacKinnon, a member of R.A. Cooper's New Zealand Antarctic Research Program geological party in the area, 1974–75.[1]

Not to be confused with McKinnon Glacier.

References
  1. "MacKinnon Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-17.

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