Howard Glacier
| Howard Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Kukri Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 40 ′ S , 163 ° 5 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Taylor Valley | |
The Howard Glacier is a small glacier immediately west of the Crescent Glacier in the Kukri Hills in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows north into the Taylor Valley .
The American glaciologist Troy L. Péwé (1918-1999) from Arizona State University examined the glacier in December 1957. He named it after Arthur D. Howard (1906-1986), geomorphologist from Stanford University and glaciologist in Antarctica with the Operation Highjump (1946-1947).
Web links
- Howard Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Howard Glacier on geographic.org (English)