DuBeau glacier
| DuBeau glacier | ||
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| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 23 ′ S , 106 ° 27 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Mawson Lake | |
The DuBeau Glacier is a cirque at the Knox Coast of the East Antarctic Wilkes Land . It flows into the Mawson Sea 28 km west of Merritt Island .
The American cartographer Gardner Dean Blodgett (* 1925) mapped it in 1955 using aerial photographs taken during Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier in 1955 after Earl P. DuBeau (1919–2012), who was involved in the Operation Windmill (1947–1948) in the evaluation of photographs and the establishment of astronomical observation stations along the coast of Queen Marie Lands as well as the Knox and Budd coasts .
Web links
- DuBeau Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- DuBeau Glacier on geographic.org (English)