Barber Glacier
| Barber Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 26 ′ S , 162 ° 45 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Somow lake | |
The Barber Glacier is a glacier on the Oates Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows north from Mount Bruce in the Bowers Mountains to Somow Lake , which it reaches between the estuary of the Stuhlinger-Piedmont Glacier and Rosenau Head .
The area was mapped by the United States Geological Survey and United States Navy aerial photographs from 1960 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier after Captain Don W. Barber, officer in charge of construction and equipment for the United States Navy's Antarctic Fleet from 1967 to 1968.
Web links
- Barber Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Barber Glacier on geographic.org (English)