Gair Glacier

Gair Glacier

Gair Glacier (coord|73|3|S|166|32|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a tributary glacier, 10 miles (16 km) long, rising close southeast of Mount Supernal in the Mountaineer Range and flowing east-northeast to enter Mariner Glacier just north of Bunker Bluff in Victoria Land. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) 1962-63, for H.S. Gair, geologist and leader that season of the NZGSAE northern field party.


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