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Dennistoun Glacier
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Map showing the location of Dennistoun Glacier
Location of Dennistoun Glacier in Antarctica
Typetributary
LocationVictoria Land
Coordinates71°11′S 168°0′E / 71.183°S 168.000°E / -71.183; 168.000 (Dennistoun Glacier)
Length50 nmi (90 km; 60 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusCape Scott
Statusunknown

The Dennistoun Glacier (71°11′S 168°0′E / 71.183°S 168.000°E / -71.183; 168.000 (Dennistoun Glacier)) is a glacier, 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) long, draining the northern slopes of Mount Black Prince, Mount Royalist and Mount Adam in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It flows northwest between the Lyttelton Range and Dunedin Range, turning east on rounding the latter range to enter the sea south of Cape Scott.[1]

  1. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 183.

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