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Glacier in Antarctica
Australian expedition
Ninnis Glacier
(
68°22′S
147°0′E
/
68.367°S 147.000°E
/
-68.367; 147.000
) is a large, heavily hummocked and
crevassed
glacier
descending steeply from the high interior to the sea in a broad valley, on
George V Coast
in
Antarctica
. It was discovered by the
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
(1911?14) under
Douglas Mawson
, who named it for
Lieutenant B. E. S. Ninnis
, who lost his life on the
far east sledge journey
of the expedition on 14 December 1912 through falling into the Black Crevasse in the glacier.
The seawards extension of the glacier is the broad Ninnis Glacier Tongue (
68°5′S
147°45′E
/
68.083°S 147.750°E
/
-68.083; 147.750
). It was recorded (1962) as projecting seaward about 30 miles (50 km).
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This article incorporates
public domain material
from
"Ninnis Glacier"
.
Geographic Names Information System
.
United States Geological Survey
.