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Winston Glacier

Glacier on Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean

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Discovery and naming

Winston Glacier was surveyed by through the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1948. It was named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia in 1964 in association with nearby Winston Lagoon.

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