Holdsworth Glacier

Holdsworth Glacier (86°30′S 154°0′W / 86.500°S 154.000°W / -86.500; -154.000Coordinates: 86°30′S 154°0′W / 86.500°S 154.000°W / -86.500; -154.000) is a tributary glacier about 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing northeast from Fuller Dome to enter the southeast side of Bartlett Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Gerald Holdsworth, who was involved in geological studies at McMurdo Station in the summer of 1965–66.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Holdsworth Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-21.

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