Branscomb Glacier
| Branscomb Glacier | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| length | 10 km | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 86 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Nimitz glacier | |
The Branscomb Glacier is a glacier in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It flows in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains from the northwest side of Mount Vinson to the Nimitz Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1957 and 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after the US physicist Lewis M. Branscomb (* 1926), chairman of the National Science Board of 1982 to 1984.
Web links
- Branscomb Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Branscomb Glacier on geographic.org (English)