Johns Glacier
| Johns Glacier | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 13 km | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 48 ′ S , 136 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Kansas Glacier | |
The Johns Glacier is a 13 km long, semicircular glacier in Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica . In the northern section of the Watson Escarpment, it flows in an easterly direction around the northern flank of Mount Doumani and flows into the Kansas Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and using aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier in 1967 after Lieutenant Ernest Houston Johns (1932-1998), who participated in several Was involved in operations as part of Operation Deep Freeze between 1955 and 1968.
Web links
- Johns Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Johns Glacier on geographic.org (English)