Collins Glacier

Collins Glacier
Map showing the location of Collins Glacier
Location of Collins Glacier in Antarctica
Location Mac. Robertson Land
Coordinates 73°41′S 65°55′E / 73.683°S 65.917°E / -73.683; 65.917
Length 20 km (12 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Mellor Glacier
Status unknown

Collins Glacier (73°41′S 65°55′E / 73.683°S 65.917°E / -73.683; 65.917Coordinates: 73°41′S 65°55′E / 73.683°S 65.917°E / -73.683; 65.917) is a glacier about 11 nautical miles (20 km) wide at its confluence with the Mellor Glacier, which it feeds from the southwest, located north of Mount Newton in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from air photos taken in 1956 and 1960, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Neville Joseph Collins, senior diesel mechanic at Mawson Station, 1960.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Collins Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-18.

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