Blue Glacier (Antarctica)
Blue Glacier is a large glacier which flows into Bowers Piedmont Glacier about 10 miles (16 km) south of New Harbour, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Robbins Hill is the East-most rock unit on the north side of the terminus of the glacier.
| Blue Glacier | |
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  Location of Blue Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Type | Mountain glacier |
| Location | Victoria Land, Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 77°50′S 164°10′E[1] |
It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott, 1901–04, who gave it this name because of its clear blue ice at the time of discovery.
References
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