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Commonwealth Glacier
Commonwealth Glacier
is a
glacier
which flows in a southeasterly direction and enters the northern side of
Taylor Valley
immediately west of
Mount Coleman
, in
Victoria Land
,
Antarctica
. It was charted by the
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13
(BrAE ), under
Robert Falcon Scott
, and named by them for the
Commonwealth of Australia
, which made a financial grant to the BrAE and contributed two members to the Western Geological Party which explored this area.
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