Dater Glacier

Dater Glacier
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location	Ellsworthland , West Antarctica
Mountains	Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains
Type	Valley glacier
length	40 km
width	⌀ 1.5 km; Max. 5 km
Coordinates	78 ° 17 ′ S , 84 ° 35 ′ W Coordinates: 78 ° 17 ′ S , 84 ° 35 ′ W
drainage	Rutford Ice Stream

The Dater Glacier is a steep valley glacier in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It flows meandering in a northeasterly direction from the eastern slopes of the Vinson Massif to the Rutford Ice Current , which flanks the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains to the east. In the lower section immediately north of the Flowers Hills , the Dater Glacier flows together with the end of the Ellen Glacier .

It was discovered during an overflight for the purpose of creating aerial photographs by the flight squadron VX-6 of the United States Navy between December 14 and 15, 1959. These aerial photographs were used by the United States Geological Survey for mapping. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier in 1961 after the American historian Henry Murray Dater Jr. (1909–1974), chronicler of the United States Antarctic Program .

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