MacNamara Glacier

MacNamara Glacier (84°20′S 63°40′W / 84.333°S 63.667°W / -84.333; -63.667Coordinates: 84°20′S 63°40′W / 84.333°S 63.667°W / -84.333; -63.667) is a glacier in the Patuxent Range of the Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica, draining northeastward between the Thomas Hills and Anderson Hills to Foundation Ice Stream. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Edlen E. MacNamara, a United States Antarctic Research Program exchange scientist at Molodezhnaya Station, winter 1967.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "MacNamara Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-23.

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