Behr glacier
| Behr glacier | ||
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| location | Viktorialand , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 11 km | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 55 ' S , 168 ° 5' E | |
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| drainage | Borchgrevink Glacier | |
The Behr Glacier is an 11 km long and steep glacier in the Victory Mountains of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows along the northern flank of the Clapp Ridge to the Borchgrevink Glacier .
The glacier is first shown on New Zealand maps from 1960, which were made from aerial photographs of the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1973 after Robert McLean Behr (1921-2007) of the United States Air Force , who was active as a political advocate for the United States in Antarctica between 1970 and 1971 .
Web links
- Behr Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Behr Glacier on geographic.org (English)