Finley Glacier
| Finley Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mountaineer Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 35 ′ S , 165 ° 38 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Icebreaker Glacier | |
The Finley Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Mountaineer Range, it flows north from the northwest slopes of Mount Monteagle to the upper section of the Icebreaker Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1969 after Russell H. Finley, boatswain's mate for the VX-6 squadron during Operation Deep Freeze in 1966, 1967 and 1968.
Web links
- Finley Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Finley Glacier on geographic.org (English)