Colorado glacier
Colorado glacier | ||
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location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 85 ° 53 ′ S , 133 ° 5 ′ W | |
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drainage | Reedy Glacier |
The Colorado Glacier is a glacier in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . It flows from the Michigan Plateau in a northeast direction between the Quartz Hills and the Eblen Hills to the Reedy Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and using aerial photographs of the United States Navy in the years from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names renamed it in 1967 to the University of Colorado Boulder , of which many scientists to explore Antarctica originate .
Web links
- Colorado Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Colorado Glacier on geographic.org (English)