Covert glacier
| Covert glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 54 ′ S , 163 ° 4 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Blue Glacier | |
The Covert Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the northeastern part of the Royal Society Range, it flows between Pearsall Ridge and Stoner Peak to the Blue Glacier , which it reaches in the vicinity of the Granite Knolls .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1992 after the US cartographer Kathy L. Covert of the United States Geological Survey , head of a two-person team for seismological investigations and satellite surveys at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in the Antarctic winter of 1982, and head geodesist at the Survey of Minna Bluff , Mount Discovery , White Island and Beaufort Island in a 1986-1987 campaign.
Web links
- Covert Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Covert Glacier on geographic.org (English)