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Coordinates: 68°22′S 147°0′E / 68.367°S 147.000°E / -68.367; 147.000
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{{Short description|Glacier in Antarctica}}
'''Ninnis Glacier''' ({{coord|68|22|S|147|0|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title}}) is a large, heavily hummocked and crevassed [[glacier]] descending steeply from the high interior to the sea in a broad valley, on [[George V Coast]] in [[Antarctica]]. It was discovered by the [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition]] (1911-14) under [[Douglas Mawson]], who named it for [[Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis|Lieutenant B. E. S. Ninnis]], who lost his life on the far east sledge journey of the expedition on December 14, 1912 through falling into the Black Crevasse in the glacier.
[[File:Australasiatische Antarktisexpedition.jpg|thumb|Australian expedition]]

'''Ninnis Glacier''' ({{coord|68|22|S|147|0|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title}}) is a large, heavily hummocked and [[crevasse]]d [[glacier]] descending steeply from the high interior to the sea in a broad valley, on [[George V Coast]] in [[Antarctica]]. It was discovered by the [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition]] (1911–14) under [[Douglas Mawson]], who named it for [[Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis|Lieutenant B. E. S. Ninnis]], who lost his life on the [[Far Eastern Party|far east sledge journey]] of the expedition on 14 December 1912 through falling into the Black Crevasse in the glacier.

The seawards extension of the glacier is the broad Ninnis Glacier Tongue ({{coord|68|5|S|147|45|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline}}). It was recorded (1962) as projecting seaward about 30 miles (50&nbsp;km).<ref>[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-glaciology/article/on-mertz-and-ninnis-glaciers-east-antarctica/34BAC24420FCFDB4BE2CD1BB693DB472/ Ninnis Glaciers, East Antarctica]</ref>


The sewards extension of the glacier is formed by the broad Ninnis Glacier Tongue ({{coord|68|5|S|147|45|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title}}). It was recorded (1962) as projecting seaward about 30 miles (50 km).
==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of glaciers in the Antarctic]]
* [[List of glaciers in the Antarctic]]
* [[List of Antarctic ice streams]]
* [[List of Antarctic ice streams]]
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<ref>Leonard Bickel, ''Mawson's Will'', foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary (South Royalton, Vt.: Steerforth Press, 2000)</ref>

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Australian expedition

Ninnis Glacier (68°22′S 147°0′E / 68.367°S 147.000°E / -68.367; 147.000) is a large, heavily hummocked and crevassed glacier descending steeply from the high interior to the sea in a broad valley, on George V Coast in Antarctica. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Lieutenant B. E. S. Ninnis, who lost his life on the far east sledge journey of the expedition on 14 December 1912 through falling into the Black Crevasse in the glacier.

The seawards extension of the glacier is the broad Ninnis Glacier Tongue (68°5′S 147°45′E / 68.083°S 147.750°E / -68.083; 147.750). It was recorded (1962) as projecting seaward about 30 miles (50 km).[1]

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