Burgess Glacier
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Burgess Glacier ( WikiMiniAtlas85°26′S 171°55′E / 85.433°S 171.917°E / -85.433; 171.917Coordinates: 85°26′S 171°55′E / 85.433°S 171.917°E / -85.433; 171.917) is a glacier, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, flowing northwest through Otway Massif to enter Mill Stream Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for , a United States Antarctic Research Program ionospheric physicist at South Pole Station, 1963.[1]
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- ^ "Burgess Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
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