Erickson Glacier
| Erickson Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 19 km | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 25 ′ S , 179 ° 50 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Ramsey Glacier | |
 Map of the Dufek Coast from 1965, Erickson Glacier at the very western edge of the map |
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The Erickson Glacier is a 19 km long glacier in Antarctica's Ross Dependency . It flows in the Queen Maud Mountains between Mount Young and O'Leary Peak in a northerly direction to the Ramsey Glacier , which it reaches just before its confluence with the Ross Ice Shelf .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier in 1966 after Commander J. L. Erickson of the United States Navy , captain of the USCGC Staten Island in Operation Deep Freeze in 1965.
Web links
- Erickson Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Erickson Glacier on geographic.org (English)