Boyer Glacier
| Boyer Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mountaineer Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 18 ′ S , 167 ° 21 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Mariner glacier | |
The Boyer Glacier is a short glacier in the Mountaineer Range of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows 10 miles west of Index Point in a northerly direction into the lower section of the Mariner Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Jack W. Boyer, radio operator at Hallet Station in 1962.
Web links
- Boyer Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Boyer Glacier on geographic.org (English)