Colorado glacier

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Colorado glacier
location Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica
Mountains Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 85 ° 53 ′  S , 133 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 85 ° 53 ′  S , 133 ° 5 ′  W
Colorado Glacier (Antarctica)
Colorado glacier
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 .

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