Heezen glacier
| Heezen glacier | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 47 ′ S , 61 ° 18 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Violante Inlet | |
The Heezen Glacier is a glacier on the Black Coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows from the eastern part of the Wegener Range in a north-easterly direction and flows east of Mount Reynolds into the Violante Inlet .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1966 to 1969. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1978 after the US geologist Bruce C. Heezen (1924–1977).
Web links
- Heezen Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Heezen Glacier on geographic.org (English)