Marin glacier

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Marin glacier
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Coordinates 76 ° 4 ′  S , 162 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 76 ° 4 ′  S , 162 ° 22 ′  E
Marin Glacier (Antarctica)
Marin glacier
drainage Charcot Cove

The Marin Glacier is a glacier on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows southeast to Charcot Cove , which it reaches west of Cape Hickey .

The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1964 after Bonifacio Marin, a machinist at McMurdo Station in 1962.

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