Ahern Glacier is a small tributary glacier in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica, flowing east between Mount Lindley and Mount Hoskins to enter the Starshot Glacier. It was named by the Holyoake, Cobham, and Queen Elizabeth Ranges Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition of 1964-65 for B. Ahern, a member of the party. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Ahern Glacier -81.7833333 159.1666667 Antarctica glacier(s)
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1. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
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It designates Antarctica as a “natural reserve, devoted to peace and science” (Art. 2).
Starshot Glacier (Wikipedia)
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Starshot Glacier (81°20′S 160°20′E) is a glacier 50 nautical miles (90 km) long that flows through the Churchill Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
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