Fountain Glacier

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Fountain Glacier (

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77°41′S 161°38′E / 77.683°S 161.633°E / -77.683; 161.633Coordinates: 77°41′S 161°38′E / 77.683°S 161.633°E / -77.683; 161.633) is a glacier between Nylen Glacier and Catspaw Glacier in the Asgard Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. It flows south into Pearse Valley. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (2004) after of the Department of Geology, Portland State University, a United States Antarctic Program investigator in glacier mass balance studies of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, 1993–2003.[1]

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  1. ^ "Fountain Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-03.

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