Muck Glacier
| Muck Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 39 ′ S , 177 ° 30 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Ramsey Glacier | |
The Muck Glacier is a glacier in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . It flows in the Queen Maud Mountains from Husky Heights in a northerly direction between the Campbell Cliffs and the ridge of Sullivan Ridge , before turning east at the northern end of the latter to the Ramsey Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Major James B. Muck (1927-2014) of the United States Army , a member of the aviation unit that provided logistical support for the Texas Tech University expedition to the Shackleton Glacier between 1964 and 1965.
Web links
- Muck Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Muck Glacier on geographic.org (English)