Grimes Glacier
| Grimes Glacier | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Anderson Massif , Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 12 ′ S , 84 ° 22 ′ W | |
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The Grimes Glacier is a steeply sloping glacier on the east side of the Anderson Massif in the West Antarctic Heritage Range . South of the glacier is the 1910 m high Rullman Peak .
The glacier was mapped by the United States Geological Survey as part of the survey of the Ellsworth Mountains in the years 1961–1966 through field surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy . He was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Paul D. Grimes, a corporal in the US Navy who served as Master Chief Equipmentman. In 1965 he was the head of the construction teams that relocated Williams Field in McMurdo Sound in the final month of Operation Deep Freeze 1965 due to the movement of the ice shelf.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Grimes Glacier ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ Rullman Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs: Berthing at McMurdo for Williams Field . August 19, 1993. Retrieved September 18, 2010.