Dale glacier
| Dale glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 17 ′ S , 162 ° 2 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Skelton Glacier | |
The Dale Glacier is a Kar glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows from the southwest flank of Mount Huggins in the Royal Society Range to the Skelton Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1963 after Lieutenant Commander Robert L. Dale of the United States Navy , commander of the squadron of the VX-6 flight squadron, which wintered at McMurdo Station in 1960 .
Web links
- Dale Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dale Glacier on geographic.org (English)