- Mawson Glacier
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Mawson Glacier (76°13′S 162°5′E / 76.217°S 162.083°E) is a large glacier on the east coast of Victoria Land, descending eastward from the polar plateau, to the north of Trinity Nunatak and the Kirkwood Range, to enter Ross Sea, where it forms the Nordenskjold Ice Tongue. First mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) and named for Douglas Mawson, expedition physicist, who later led two other Antarctic expeditions, 1911–14, and 1929-31.
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