Rudolph Glacier (Viktorialand)

Rudolph Glacier
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location	Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	72 ° 32 ' S , 167 ° 53' E Coordinates: 72 ° 32 ' S , 167 ° 53' E
drainage	Trafalgar Glacier

The Rudolph Glacier is a large glacier in the Victory Mountains of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows between the Hackerman Ridge and McElroy Ridge ridges to the Trafalgar Glacier .

The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of geodetic surveys and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1964 after the American botanist Emanuel David Rudolph (1927-1992), project manager of the United States Antarctic Program at Hallett Station (1961–1962, 1962–1963, 1963–1964), Director of the Institute for Polar Research at Ohio State University (1969–1973) and Dean of the Department of Botany (1978–1987).

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