Hudman Glacier
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location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
Coordinates | 78 ° 54 ′ S , 84 ° 12 ′ W | |
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drainage | Minnesota Glacier |
The Hudman Glacier is a glacier in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It flows between Marze Peak and Miller Peak at the southern end of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains and flows in a south-southeast direction into the Minnesota Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and means of aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1957 to 1959. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names renamed it in 1961 after Rayburn A. Hudman (1920 to 1956) from the States United Marine Corps , who at 18 Was killed in October 1956 in the crash of a Lockheed P2V Neptune at McMurdo Sound .
Web links
- Hudman Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hudman Glacier on geographic.org (English)