Pavlak glacier
| Pavlak glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Elizabeth Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 58 ′ S , 163 ° 12 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Lowery Glacier | |
The Pavlak Glacier is a glacier in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Queen Elizabeth Range it flows in an easterly direction to the Lowery Glacier , which it reaches immediately south of Mount Predoehl .
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 1966 after Thomas L. Pavlak, glaciologist in the United States Antarctic Research Program on the Amundsen- Scott South Pole Station from 1962 to 1963.
Web links
- Pavlak Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pavlak Glacier on geographic.org (English)