Meserve Glacier

Meserve Glacier (77°32′S 162°21′E / 77.533°S 162.350°E / -77.533; 162.350Coordinates: 77°32′S 162°21′E / 77.533°S 162.350°E / -77.533; 162.350) is a hanging glacier on the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Bartley Glacier and Hart Glacier. It was named by U.S. geologist Robert Nichols for William Meserve, a geological assistant to Nichols in Wright Valley in the 1959–60 field season.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Meserve Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-20.

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