Quonset Glacier
| Quonset Glacier | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 32 km | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 19 ′ S , 127 ° 5 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Davisville Glacier | |
The Quonset Glacier is a 32 km long glacier in Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica . It flows from the northern slopes of the Wisconsin Range in the Horlick Mountains between Mount LeSchack and the Ruseski Buttress in a west-northwest direction to the north flank of the Davisville Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1960 and 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after the United States Navy's military airport at Quonset Point , Rhode Island , the home base of the Antarctic Air Force VX -6.
Web links
- Quonset Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Quonset Glacier on geographic.org (English)