Ramsey Glacier

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Ramsey Glacier
location Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
length 72 km
Coordinates 84 ° 24 ′  S , 179 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 84 ° 24 ′  S , 179 ° 20 ′  E
Ramsey Glacier (Antarctica)
Ramsey Glacier
drainage Ross Ice Shelf
Map sheet The Cloudmaker from 1965 (reprinted 1988), Ramsey Glacier in the east of the map

Map sheet The Cloudmaker from 1965 (reprinted 1988), Ramsey Glacier in the east of the map

The Ramsey Glacier is a 72 km long glacier in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . It flows north from the Bush Mountains near the polar plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf , which it reaches east of Den Hartog Peak on the Dufek Coast .

He was discovered during an overflight between February 29 and March 1, 1940 during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1962 at the suggestion of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd after Admiral DeWitt C. Ramsey (1888-1961) of the United States Navy , deputy head of naval operations during Operation Highjump (1946-1947).

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