Epler glacier
| Epler glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 16 km | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 15 ′ S , 161 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Amundsen glacier | |
The Epler Glacier is an approximately 16 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows from the western slopes of the Nilsen Plateau in the Queen Maud Mountains to the Amundsen Glacier , which it reaches immediately south of the Olsen Crags .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the glacier based on its own measurements and aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Charles F. Epler, warehouse manager of the United States Navy's VX-6 squadron in Operation Deep Freeze in 1966 and 1967.
Web links
- Epler Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Epler Glacier on geographic.org (English)