Kennedy Glacier
| Kennedy Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 1.3 km | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Matterhorn glacier | |
The Kennedy Glacier is a 1.3 km long and steep glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range it flows from the Kottmeier Mesa in an easterly direction into the upper section of the Matterhorn glacier
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1997 after Henry Kennedy, from 1985 to 1990 deputy director of ITT Antarctic Services from Colorado Springs and responsible for the provision of various research vessels.
Web links
- Kennedy Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kennedy Glacier on geographic.org (English)