Edge Glacier

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Edge Glacier
Map showing the location of Edge Glacier
Map showing the location of Edge Glacier
Location of Edge Glacier in Antarctica
Typecliff-type
LocationQueen Elizabeth Land
Coordinates82°29′S 51°7′W / 82.483°S 51.117°W / -82.483; -51.117
Thicknessunknown
TerminusRoss Ice Shelf
Statusunknown

Edge Glacier (

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82°29′S 51°7′W / 82.483°S 51.117°W / -82.483; -51.117Coordinates: 82°29′S 51°7′W / 82.483°S 51.117°W / -82.483; -51.117) is a small cliff-type glacier draining northward into Davis Valley in northeast Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for , a photographer with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 on Operation Deep Freeze 1963 and 1964.[1]

See also[]

  • List of glaciers in the Antarctic
  • Glaciology

References[]

  1. ^ "Edge Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

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


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