Hoffman Glacier
| Hoffman Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Holland Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 16 km | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 22 ′ S , 167 ° 40 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Lennox King Glacier | |
The Hoffman Glacier is a narrow, approximately 16 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows from Mount Miller in the Holland Range to the Lennox King Glacier south of Rhodes Peak .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Lieutenant Commander Robert D. Hoffman of the United States Navy , captain of the USS Mills as part of Operation Deep Freeze in 1965.
Web links
- Hoffman Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hoffman Glacier on geographic.org (English)