Peckham Glacier
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Peckham Glacier (80°21′S 157°25′E / 80.350°S 157.417°E / -80.350; 157.417Coordinates: WikiMiniAtlas
80°21′S 157°25′E / 80.350°S 157.417°E / -80.350; 157.417) is a steep tributary glacier in the Britannia Range, flowing south from Mount McClintock into Byrd Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for , biologist, McMurdo Station winter party 1962, who with use of SCUBA gear made numerous dives under the sea ice of McMurdo Sound at Winter Quarters Bay and off Cape Evans.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Peckham Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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