Kosco Glacier
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Kosco Glacier (84°27′S 178°0′W / 84.450°S 178.000°W / -84.450; -178.000Coordinates: 
WikiMiniAtlas84°27′S 178°0′W / 84.450°S 178.000°W / -84.450; -178.000) is a glacier about 20 nautical miles (40 km) long, flowing from the Anderson Heights vicinity of the Bush Mountains of Antarctica northward to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Wilson Portal and Mount Speed. It was discovered by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain , U.S. Navy, chief aerologist and chief scientist of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47.[1]
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- ^ "Kosco Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
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