Houston Glacier
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Houston Glacier ( WikiMiniAtlas70°34′S 62°3′W / 70.567°S 62.050°W / -70.567; -62.050Coordinates: 70°34′S 62°3′W / 70.567°S 62.050°W / -70.567; -62.050) is a small glacier that drains north from Eielson Peninsula into Smith Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1974, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for , U.S. Navy, a radioman at Palmer Station in 1973.[1]
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- ^ "Houston Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
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