Vaughan Glacier () is a tributary

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, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, draining eastward from

Mount Vaughan Mount Vaughan is a prominent peak, 3,140 m, standing 4 miles (6 km) south-southwest of Mount Griffith on the ridge at the head of Vaughan Glacier, in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. Named for Norman D. Vaughan, dog driver wi ...

to enter Scott Glacier just south of Taylor Ridge, in the

Hays Mountains The Hays Mountains () are a large group of mountains and peaks of the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica, surmounting the divide between the lower portions of Amundsen Glacier and Scott Glacier and extending from the vicinity of Mount Thorne on the ...

of the

Queen Maud Mountains The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic P ...

. It was mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and

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air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the

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(US-ACAN) in association with Mount Vaughan. The glacier is located north of Citadel Peak.

References

* Glaciers of Amundsen Coast {{RossDependency-glacier-stub