Osuga glacier
| Osuga glacier | ||
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| location | Viktorialand , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 34 ′ S , 166 ° 55 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Trafalgar Glacier | |
The Osuga Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Victory Mountains, it flows northeast to the Trafalgar Glacier , which it reaches immediately east of Mount Burton .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of the United States Navy's own measurements and aerial photographs from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after David T. Osuga (* 1936), biologist on the McMurdo- Station from 1966 to 1967.
Web links
- Osuga Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Osuga Glacier on geographic.org (English)