Ashworth Glacier

Ashworth Glacier (85°01′36″S 169°15′53″E / 85.02667°S 169.26472°E / -85.02667; 169.26472Coordinates: 85°01′36″S 169°15′53″E / 85.02667°S 169.26472°E / -85.02667; 169.26472) is an Antarctic glacier with sharply delineated sides, flowing west from Supporters Range into Mill Glacier, 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Mount Iveagh. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2007, after Allan C. Ashworth, Professor of Paleontology and Stratigraphy at North Dakota State University. He discovered the only yet known fly and beetle fossils in Antarctica in the nearby Dominion Range.

See also

List of glaciers in the Antarctic

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Ashworth Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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