Howard Glacier

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Not to be confused with Howarth Glacier.

Howard Glacier (

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77°41′S 163°5′E / 77.683°S 163.083°E / -77.683; 163.083Coordinates: 77°41′S 163°5′E / 77.683°S 163.083°E / -77.683; 163.083) is a small alpine glacier just west of Crescent Glacier, flowing into Taylor Valley on the north from the Kukri Hills, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The glacier was studied in December 1957 by U.S. geologist , who named it for , a geomorphologist of Stanford University who was a glaciologist in Antarctica during U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47.[1]

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  1. ^ "Howard Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-29.

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