Holt Glacier

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Holt Glacier (

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74°40′S 110°36′W / 74.667°S 110.600°W / -74.667; -110.600Coordinates: 74°40′S 110°36′W / 74.667°S 110.600°W / -74.667; -110.600) is a broad glacier on Bear Peninsula that flows east to the sea between Grimes Ridge and the Jones Bluffs in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was first delineated by the United States Geological Survey from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after , a member of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment in Antarctica, 1965–66.[1] Webster Pass divides Brush Glacier from Holt Glacier.[2]

See also[]

  • Wright Pass

References[]

  1. ^ "Holt Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  2. ^ "Webster Pass". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-01-30.

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


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