Remington Glacier
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Glacier in Antarctica
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Location | Ellsworth Land |
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Length | 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Hough Glacier and Johnson Spur |
Status | unknown |
Remington Glacier is a steep glacier about 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) long in Doyran Heights in the Sentinel Range of Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It rises just north of McPherson Peak and flows east-southeast to debouch between the terminus of Hough Glacier and Johnson Spur.
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Central and southern Sentinel Range map[1]
Discovered by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 on photographic flights of December 14–15, 1959, and mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from these photos.
Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for , glaciologist at the South Pole Station during the IGY in 1957.
See also[]
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
Maps[]
- Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References[]
- ^ Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Remington Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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