Suess Glacier

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View from Suess glacier on Lake Hoare.
View from Suess glacier on Lake Hoare.

Suess Glacier (77°38′S 162°40′ECoordinates: 77°38′S 162°40′E) is a glacier between Canada Glacier and Lacroix Glacier, flowing south into Taylor Valley in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was charted and named by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott, 1910-13, for Professor Eduard Suess, noted Austrian geologist and paleontologist.

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