Renegar glacier
| Renegar glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 5 km | |
| width | ⌀ 1.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Koettlitz glacier | |
The Renegar Glacier is a glacier with a steep slope in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows from Mount Dromedary in a south-easterly direction to the Koettlitz Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1956 and 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1963 after Lieutenant Garland M. Renegar (1918-2007), pilot of one stationed at McMurdo Station US Navy Douglas DC-3 .
Web links
- Renegar Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Renegar Glacier on geographic.org (English)