Prince Philip Glacier

Prince Philip Glacier (82°21′S 159°55′E) is a glacier flowing south for about 20 nautical miles (37 km) between Cobham and Holyoake Ranges into Nimrod Glacier.[1] Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.[1][2] The glacier was part of the Ross oregeny.[3][2] It is approximately 48km in length.[2]

References
  1.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Prince Philip Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 
  2. "Gazetteer - Prince Philip Glacier". Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 2021-07-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Stump, Edmund (1995). The Ross orogen of the Transantarctic Mountains. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press. p. 157. ISBN 0-521-43314-2. OCLC 30671271.


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