Airdevronsix ice falls
| Airdevronsix ice falls | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 31 ′ S , 160 ° 22 ′ E | |
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The Airdevronsix Icefalls are a series of glacier breaks at the head of the Upper Wright Glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land .
They were named in Operation Deep Freeze (1956-1957) after the squadron VX-6 of the US Navy (US Navy Air Dev elopment Squad ron Six ), undertook the numerous supply and reconnaissance flights in Antarctica.
Web links
- Airdevronsix Icefalls in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Airdevronsix Icefalls on geographic.org (English)