Newcomer Glacier
| Newcomer Glacier | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| length | 30 km | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 47 ′ S , 85 ° 27 ′ W | |
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The Newcomer Glacier is a 30 km long glacier in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It cuts through the northern part of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains and flows first in a south-easterly direction from the area near Allen Peak . He later turns east and leaves the Sentinel Range north of Bracken Peak .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1961 after Loyd Edward Newcomer (1918-2003), who piloted the United States Navy's VX-6 squadron between December 14 and 15, 1959, on flights over the Sentinel Range to create aerial photographs was active.
Web links
- Newcomer Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Newcomer Glacier on geographic.org (English)