Geoid Glacier
Geoid Glacier (77°48′S 163°47′E / 77.800°S 163.783°ECoordinates: 77°48′S 163°47′E / 77.800°S 163.783°E) is a glacier flowing south from the Thomas Heights, to the west of Ellipsoid Hill, into Blue Glacier, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by the New Zealand Geographic Board, the geoid being the particular equipotential surface which coincides with mean sea level.[1]
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- ^ "Geoid Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
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- Glaciers of Victoria Land
- Scott Coast
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