Orr glacier
| Orr glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 36 ′ S , 162 ° 52 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Rennick Glacier | |
The Orr Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Lanterman Range of the Bowers Mountains, it flows from a large basin between Mount Moody and Mount Bernstein in a westerly direction to the Rennick Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after Major Thomas L. Orr (* 1934), logistics officer on the command staff US Navy reserve units in Antarctica in 1968 and 1969.
Web links
- Orr Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Orr Glacier on geographic.org (English)