Blair Glacier
| Blair Glacier | ||
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| location | Wilkesland , Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 45 ′ S , 124 ° 32 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Maury Bay , Southern Ocean | |
The Blair Glacier is a glacier on the Banzare coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It flows north to Maury Bay , which it reaches immediately west of the Bell Glacier .
The American cartographer Gardner "Gard" Dean Blodgett (* 1925) mapped it in 1955 using aerial photographs taken during Operation Highjump (1946–1947) of the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after James L. Blair (1815 – unknown), midshipman on the sloop USS Peacock during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) under the direction of polar explorer Charles Wilkes .
Web links
- Blair Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Blair Glacier on geographic.org (English)