Kovacs Glacier
Kovacs Glacier | |
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Location | Queen Elizabeth Land |
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Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Support Force Glacier |
Status | unknown |
Kovacs Glacier ( WikiMiniAtlas
83°11′S 49°15′W / 83.183°S 49.250°W / -83.183; -49.250) is a glacier on the southeast side of Lexington Table, flowing east-northeast into Support Force Glacier in the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1979 after , who was leader of the 1973–74 United States Antarctic Research Program – Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory survey party (with and ) in this area, and also worked in the McMurdo Sound area.[1][2]
See also[]
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
References[]
- ^ "Kovacs Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
- ^ "Kovacs Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Kovacs Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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