DeVicq Glacier

DeVicq Glacier
Location of DeVicq Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Marie Byrd Land
Coordinates	75°S 131°W / 75°S 131°W / -75; -131
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Getz Ice Shelf
Status	unknown

DeVicq Glacier (

75°S 131°W / 75°S 131°W / -75; -131Coordinates: 75°S 131°W / 75°S 131°W / -75; -131), is a large Antarctic glacier that drains the area between the Ames Range and the McCuddin Mountains in Marie Byrd Land and flows north up the entry of the Getz Ice Shelf to the southeast of Grant Island. It was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant , U.S. Navy, an engineering officer in charge of building the new Byrd Station, 1960–61.^[1]

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• List of Antarctic ice streams
• Glaciology

References[]

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