Goodspeed Glacier

Goodspeed Glacier (77°30′S 162°29′E / 77.500°S 162.483°E / -77.500; 162.483Coordinates: 77°30′S 162°29′E / 77.500°S 162.483°E / -77.500; 162.483) is a small hanging glacier on the south wall of Wright Valley in Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Hart Glacier and Denton Glacier. It was named by U.S. geologist Robert Nichols after Robert Goodspeed, geological assistant to Nichols at nearby Marble Point in the 1959–60 field season.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Goodspeed Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-30.

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