Huron Glacier
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 View from the Huron Glacier over Moon Bay to Half Moon Island and the island of Greenwich Island beyond |
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 38 ′ S , 60 ° 7 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Moon Bay , McFarlane Strait | |
 View of the upper section of the glacier |
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The Huron Glacier is a glacier on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flows east to Moon Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the US sealer Huron under Captain John Davis , who operated in the waters around the South Shetland Islands in two Antarctic summer campaigns between 1820 and 1822.
Web links
- Huron Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Huron Glacier on geographic.org (English)