Fitzpatrick Glacier
| Fitzpatrick Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 49 ′ S , 160 ° 9 ′ E | |
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The Fitzpatrick Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the western part of the Quartermain Mountains it flows immediately south of the Cassidy Glacier and 3 km south-southwest of the Fireman Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2011 after the US geologist and climatologist Joan J. Fitzpatrick, who was a senior scientist involved in numerous ice core surveys in Antarctica .
Web links
- Fitzpatrick Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)