Dobbratz glacier
| Dobbratz glacier | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 24 ′ S , 85 ° 5 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Splettstoesser Glacier → Minnesota Glacier → Rutford Ice Stream → Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf | |
The Dobbratz Glacier is a broad tributary glacier in the Heritage Range , the southern part of the Antarctic Ellsworth Mountains . It is fed by the ice that flows from the plain west of the Heritage Range over the southern part of a step, the White Escarpment , into the valleys of the Heritage Range. The glacier flows in a north-easterly direction, where it merges with the Fendorf glacier . From here it flows in a northerly direction between the Watlack Hills and the Webers Peaks until it finally meets the Splettstoesser Glacier .
The glacier got its name from a geological expedition from the University of Minnesota , which explored the area in the summer of 1963/64. He was named after Major Joseph R. Dobbratz (* 1928), one of the pilots of the United States Marine Corps , who supported the expedition there.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Dobbratz Glacier ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved October 3, 2010.
- ^ Fendorf Glacier ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved October 3, 2010.
- ^ Marine Corps Aviation Chronolog: Eagles in Green . Turner Publishing, 1996, ISBN 1-56311-207-8 , pp. 86 ( limited preview in Google Book search).