Commonwealth Glacier

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The Commonwealth Glacier is a glacier in Victoria Land to the south of the Antarctic. It is located at 77 ° 35 ' south latitude and 163 ° 19' east longitude. The glacier begins at the summit of Mount McLennan Asgard Range, which was also the Canada and the Loftus glaciers begin at about 1900 meters above sea level. From here it flows to the southeast and ends west of Mount Coleman in Taylor Valley, where it forms the eastern boundary of the Fryxellsees.

It was mapped by the British Terra Nova expedition, under the direction of Sir Robert Falcon Scott to the south of the Antarctic continent was from 1910 to 1913 on the go.

The Commonwealth Glacier was named after the Australian Federation (English Commonwealth of Australia ), who had provided major funding for the expedition. In addition, two Australians were among the members of the small group who explored this part of the environment.