Rennell Glacier
| Rennell Glacier | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| length | 16 km | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 23 ′ S , 84 ° 12 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Splettstoesser glacier | |
The Rennell Glacier is a 16 km long glacier in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Pioneer Heights of the Heritage Range in the Ellsworth Mountains, it flows east of Inferno Ridge in a north-westerly direction and flows into the Splettstoesser Glacier .
A team from the University of Minnesota exploring the Ellsworth Mountains between 1961 and 1962 named him after the biologist Kelly P. Rennell, who belonged to this team.
Web links
- Rennell Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rennell Glacier on geographic.org (English)