Decker Glacier
| Decker Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 28 ′ S , 162 ° 47 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Wright Valley | |
The Decker Glacier is a steep and narrow glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows from the northeast slopes of Mount Newall in the Asgard Range into the Wright Valley .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1976 after Petty Officer William Dean Decker, assistant to the chief machinist of the United States Navy flight squadron VXE-6 , who died of a heart attack on October 11, 1971 at McMurdo Station .
Web links
- Decker Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Decker Glacier on geographic.org (English)