Falkner Glacier

Falkner Glacier
Location of Falkner Glacier in Antarctica
Type	valley glacier
Location	Victoria Land
Coordinates	73°45′S 166°01′E / 73.750°S 166.017°E / -73.750; 166.017
Length	4 nautical miles (7 km; 5 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Lady Newnes Bay
Status	unknown

Falkner Glacier (

73°45′S 166°01′E / 73.750°S 166.017°E / -73.750; 166.017Coordinates: 73°45′S 166°01′E / 73.750°S 166.017°E / -73.750; 166.017), is an east-flowing valley glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km; 5 mi) long, located 2 nautical miles (4 km; 2 mi) south of Oakley Glacier in the Mountaineer Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The glacier descends steeply to Lady Newnes Bay where it forms a floating glacier tongue. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (2008) after Kelly K. Falkner, Professor of Chemical Oceanography at Oregon State University, who served from 2006 as the first Program Director for the Antarctic Integrated System Science Program in the Division of Antarctic Sciences, Office of Antarctic Programs, National Science Foundation.^[1]

See also[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Antarctic glacier named after Oregon scientist

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