Edge glacier
| Edge glacier | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Dufek Massif , Pensacola Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 30 ′ S , 51 ° 3 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Davis Valley | |
The Edge Glacier a small glacier in Queen Elizabeth Land, West Antarctica . In the northeastern part of the Dufek Massif of the Pensacola Mountains, it flows north into the Davis Valley .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Joseph L. Edge (* 1930), aerial photographer of the VX-6 flight squadron of operation Deep Freeze of 1963 and the 1964th
Web links
- Edge Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Edge Glacier on geographic.org (English)