❄️ Slessor Glacier

Antarctica · Antarctica · 79.83°S, 28.50°W

The Slessor Glacier is a glacier at least 140 km long and 90 km wide, flowing west into the Filchner Ice Shelf to the north of the Shackleton Range. First seen from the air and mapped by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) in 1956. Named by the CTAE for RAF Marshal Sir John Slessor, chairman of the expedition committee.

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Quick facts

Country	Antarctica
Continent / region	Antarctica
Coordinates (approx.)	79.83°S, 28.50°W · view on map

Slessor Glacier is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

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