Glezen glacier
| Glezen glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Albert Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 32 ' S , 162 ° 18' E | |
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| drainage | Tripp ice tongue | |
The Glezen Glacier is a glacier on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . From the Endeavor Massif in the Kirkwood Range of the Prince Albert Mountains, it flows along the northern flank of the Ketchum Ridge and flows into the Tripp ice tongue .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1999 after Lieutenant Commander Glenn Frank Glezen (1917-1995) of the United States Navy , administrative officer of the so-called Task Force 43 in the first four Operations Deep Freeze between 1955 and 1959.
Web links
- Glezen Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Glezen Glacier on geographic.org (English)