Moa Glacier

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Moa Glacier (77°43′S 162°47′E / 77.717°S 162.783°E / -77.717; 162.783Coordinates: 77°43′S 162°47′E / 77.717°S 162.783°E / -77.717; 162.783) is a valley glacier between Marr Glacier and Goldman Glacier in the Kukri Hills of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It flows north into Taylor Valley but terminates midway down the south wall of the valley. The glacier was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board in 1998 after the moa, an extinct New Zealand bird.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Moa Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-10-28.

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