McClary Glacier
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McClary Glacier ( WikiMiniAtlas
68°4′S 67°0′W / 68.067°S 67.000°W / -68.067; -67.000) is a glacier 10 nautical miles (19 km) long and 2 nautical miles (4 km) wide on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It flows southwest along the north side of Butson Ridge into Marguerite Bay between Cape Calmette and the Debenham Islands. The glacier was first roughly surveyed by the British Graham Land Expedition, 1936–37, and resurveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1946–50. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for , father of , mate on the Port of Beaumont during the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48.[1]
Further reading[]
- Damien Gildea, Antarctic Peninsula - Mountaineering in Antarctica: Travel Guide
- CHRISTOPH SCHNEIDER, Monitoring climate variability on the Antarctic Peninsula by means of observations of the snow cover, Annals of Glaciology 27 1998, P 624
References[]
- ^ "McClary Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
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