Park Glacier (Antarctica)
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 Topographic map (1: 250,000) of the Bear Peninsula with the Park Glacier |
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 21 ′ S , 110 ° 50 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Harmon Bay | |
The Park Glacier is a glacier on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the north of the Bear Peninsula, it flows along the west side of the Gurnon Peninsula to Harmon Bay .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy during Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1967 after the ionospheric physicist Chung Gun Park (* 1939) from Stanford University , who worked at Byrd Station in 1966 .
Web links
- Glacier Park in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Park Glacier on geographic.org