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Trail Glacier

Coordinates: 73°34′S 61°35′E / 73.567°S 61.583°E / -73.567; 61.583
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Trail Glacier
Map showing the location of Trail Glacier
Map showing the location of Trail Glacier
Location of Trail Glacier in Antarctica
Typebroken mountain glacier
LocationMac. Robertson Land
Coordinates73°34′S 61°35′E / 73.567°S 61.583°E / -73.567; 61.583
Length5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi)
Width3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi)
Thicknessunknown
Statusunknown

Trail Glacier (73°34′S 61°35′E / 73.567°S 61.583°E / -73.567; 61.583) is a broken mountain glacier on the southern side of Mount Menzies, about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from the summit. It is about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long and 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide. The glacier flows from a snowfield at about 2,750 m down a steep slope for at least 900 m vertically, then spreads out and merges with the ice sheet a few mi from the south side of the mountain. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos and surveys of the Prince Charles Mountains, 1960–61. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for D.S. Trail, geologist who led an ANARE field party to this feature in December 1961.

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