Haskell glacier
| Haskell glacier | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Jones Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 34 ′ S , 94 ° 13 ′ W | |
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The Haskell Glacier is a glacier in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Jones Mountains, it flows west from Christoffersen Heights between Prism Ridge and Forbidden Rocks .
Participants in a University of Minnesota expedition to the Jones Mountains (1960–1961) mapped him. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1963 after Lieutenant Hugh Brasher Haskell of the United States Navy , co-pilot of a flight from Byrd Station on November 25, 1961 for the construction of the Sky High Camp , later Eights Station .
Web links
- Haskell Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Haskell Glacier on geographic.org (English)