Somero Glacier

Somero Glacier (85°0′S 167°12′W / 85.000°S 167.200°W / -85.000; -167.200Coordinates: 85°0′S 167°12′W / 85.000°S 167.200°W / -85.000; -167.200) is a tributary glacier 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, flowing northwest from Mount Fairweather to enter Liv Glacier just south of the west end of the Duncan Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for George N. Somero, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at McMurdo Station, 1963–64, and winter 1965.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Somero Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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