Brunner glacier
| Brunner glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 14 ′ S , 175 ° 38 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Shackleton Glacier | |
The Brunner Glacier is a narrow and steep-walled glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows from the western slopes of the Cumulus Hills in the Queen Maud Mountains between Landry Bluff and Halfmoon Bluff to Shackleton Glacier .
Participants of the Texas Tech University expedition to Shackleton Glacier (1964–1965) named him after Staff Sergeant Donald R. Brunner of the United States Army , a member of an air unit in support of this research trip .
Web links
- Brunner Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Brunner Glacier on geographic.org (English)