Cocks Glacier

Cocks Glacier (78°41′S 162°0′E / 78.683°S 162.000°E / -78.683; 162.000Coordinates: 78°41′S 162°0′E / 78.683°S 162.000°E / -78.683; 162.000) is the glacier draining the southwest face of Mount Cocks and a considerable area south of the mountain, and entering the Skelton Glacier opposite the Delta Glacier. It was surveyed in 1957 by the New Zealand reconnaissance party to the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58), and named after Mount Cocks.

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

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