Dorchuck Glacier
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 Topographic map with the Dorchuck Glacier (bottom right) |
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Jenkins Heights | |
| length | 15 km | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 44 ′ S , 113 ° 56 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Dotson Ice Shelf , Amundsen Sea , Southern Ocean | |
The Dorchuck Glacier is a narrow and 15 km long glacier on the Walgreen Coast of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It flows from Jenkins Heights between Klinger Ridge and Ellis Ridge in a northeasterly direction to the Dotson Ice Shelf .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Robert E. Dorchuck, who was in charge of operations for the nuclear reactor at McMurdo Station during the operation Deep Freeze in 1965 and 1969.
Web links
- Dorchuck Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dorchuck Glacier on geographic.org (English)