Auster Glacier

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Auster Glacier (67°12′S 50°45′ECoordinates: 67°12′S 50°45′E) is a glacier about 2 miles (3.2 km) wide, flowing northwest into the southeast extremity of Amundsen Bay. Sighted in October 1956 by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party led by P.W. Crohn, and named after the Auster aircraft used by ANARE in coastal exploration.

This article incorporates text from Auster Glacier, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.