Marchant Glacier

Marchant Glacier (78°6′S 162°3′E / 78.100°S 162.050°E / -78.100; 162.050Coordinates: 78°6′S 162°3′E / 78.100°S 162.050°E / -78.100; 162.050) is a glacier, about 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, which drains the slopes of Rampart Ridge between Mount Bishop and Mount Potter and flows northwest to the vicinity of Mount Bockheim, in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1994 after David R. Marchant, a glacial geologist at the University of Maine (and from 1995 at Boston University). In connection with Antarctic field work since 1985, Marchant discovered and used volcanic ashes to infer paleoclimate change and geologic stability in the McMurdo Dry Valleys and map the glacial history of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Marchant Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-08-05.

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