Hueneme glacier
| Hueneme glacier | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wisconsin Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 13 km | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 49 ′ S , 131 ° 15 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Reedy Glacier | |
The Hueneme Glacier is a 13 km long glacier in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the Horlick Mountains it flows from the Wisconsin Range in a westerly direction and flows into the Reedy Glacier between Griffith Peak and Mickler Spur .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Port Hueneme , California , location of the Naval Construction Battalion to supply the Deep -Freeze operations .
Web links
- Hueneme Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hueneme Glacier on geographic.org (English)