Millington Glacier
| Millington Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 16 km | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 32 ' S , 178 ° 0' E | |
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| drainage | Ramsey Glacier | |
The Millington Glacier is a 16 km long and narrow glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it flows from the eastern slopes of the Hughes Range east of Mount Valinski to the Ramsey Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Millington of the United States Navy , who served as a doctor on Operation Deep Freeze in 1963 and 1964.
Web links
- Millington Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Millington Glacier on geographic.org (English)