Dana Glacier (Antarctica)
| Dana glacier | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Welch Mountains | |
| length | 50 km | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 58 ′ S , 62 ° 28 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Lehrke Inlet , Weddell Sea | |
The Dana Glacier is a 50 km long glacier in Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows from the southeastern slopes of the Welch Mountains in an initially eastward, later northeastern direction into the head end of Lehrke Inlet on the Black Coast , which it reaches immediately north of the Parmelee massif .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Commander John B. Dana of the United States Navy , commanding officer of the VXE-6 squadron during Operation Deep Freeze in 1973, which was also earlier was involved in operations in 1971 and 1972.
Web links
- Dana Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dana Glacier on geographic.org (English)