Whiplash Glacier (72°16′S 167°42′E / 72.267°S 167.700°E / -72.267; 167.700) is a tributary glacier flowing northwestward from Cartographers Range into the lower part of Pearl Harbor Glacier where the direction becomes east, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land.[1] Named by the northern party of NZFMCAE, 1962–63, because of its characteristic shape.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Whiplash Glacier". Antarctica NZ. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  2. ↑ "Whiplash Glacier". geonames.usgs.gov. 1 January 1964. Retrieved 2021-05-31.

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