Cairns Glacier
Cairns Glacier | |
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Location of Cairns Glacier in Antarctica | |
Type | tributary |
Location | Ellsworth Land |
Coordinates | 78°34′S 86°00′W / 78.567°S 86.000°W / -78.567; -86.000 |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Nimitz Glacier |
Status | unknown |
Cairns Glacier (
The feature was named by US-ACAN (2006) after Stephen Douglas Cairns, research zoologist, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 1985–2006; Board of Associated Editors, Antarctic Research Series, American Geophysical Union, 1990–95.
Contents
See also[]
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
Maps[]
- Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
References[]
- This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Cairns Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
External links[]
- Cairns Glacier. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.
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