Reedy Glacier
| Reedy Glacier | ||
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 Topographical map sheet Leverett Glacier : The Reedy Glacier flows into the Ross Ice Shelf in the east |
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 160 km | |
| width | Max. 20 km (roughly estimated) | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 30 ′ S , 135 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Ross Ice Shelf | |
The Reedy Glacier is a large glacier in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land with a length of more than 160 km and a width between 10 and 20 km. It flows from the polar plateau between the Michigan Plateau and the Wisconsin Range to the Ross Ice Shelf on the Gould Coast , where it forms the border with the Queen Maud Mountains to the west and the Horlick Mountains to the east .
It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey and United States Navy aerial photographs from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1965 after Rear Admiral James Robert Reedy (1910-1999), commander of the United States Navy support units in Antarctica from November 1962 to April 1965.
Web links
- Reedy Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Reedy Glacier on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1284 (English).
