Kirkby Glacier is a glacier, 20 miles (30 km) in length. This glacier drains the central Anare Mountains of Antarctica and flows northwest to the sea 3 miles (5 km) from Cape North, and just north of Arthurson Bluff, northern Victoria Land. Richardson Bluff rises from its east side.

Discovery and naming

Kirkby Glacier was named by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) for Sydney L. Kirkby, a surveyor on the ANARE Thala Dan cruise of 1962, led by Phillip Law, which explored the area along this coast.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kirkby Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-05-03.

External links

70°43′S 166°9′E / 70.717°S 166.150°E / -70.717; 166.150 Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Kirkby Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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