Wilson Glacier
Wilson Glacier (66°46′S 56°25′E) is a glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, flowing northeast into Edward VIII Ice Shelf just south of Seaton Glacier. Photographed from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Flight Lieutenant H.O. Wilson, RAAF pilot at Mawson Station, 1959, who was killed in an aircraft accident shortly after his return to Australia.
This article is about the glacier in Antarctica. For the glacier on Washington's Mount Rainier, see Wilson Glacier (Mount Rainier).
| Wilson Glacier | |
|---|---|
  Location of Wilson Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Location | Kemp Land |
| Coordinates | 67°12′S 56°00′E |
| Length | 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Edward VIII Ice Shelf |
| Status | unknown |
References
| Types |
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy |
| ||||||
| Processes | |||||||
| Measurements | |||||||
| Volcanic relations | |||||||
| Landforms |
| ||||||
| |||||||
Glaciers of Kemp Land | |
|---|---|
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.