Aaron Glacier
| Aaron Glacier | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Thiel Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 6.5 km (roughly estimated) | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 90 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Aaron Glacier is a 6.5 km long glacier in Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica . In the Thiel Mountains it flows from the Ford Massif between the Janulis Spur and the Gray Spur .
Peter Bermel and Arthur B. Ford , who jointly led an expedition of the United States Geological Survey from 1960 to 1961 into the Thiel Mountains, suggested the name after the geologist John Marshall Aaron III. before who conducted field research in the Thiel Mountains between 1960 and 1961 and between 1961 and 1962.
Web links
- Aaron Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Aaron Glacier on geographic.org (English)