Rutkowski Glacier
| Rutkowski Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Dominion Range , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 11 ′ S , 166 ° 21 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Meyer Desert | |
The Rutkowski Glacier is a glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It drains the ice sheet in the northern part of the Dominion Range east of Mount Mills and flows north to the Meyer Desert , where it ends without reaching the Beardmore Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Richard L. Rutkowski, a meteorologist for the United States Antarctic Research Program at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 1962.
Web links
- Rutkowski Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rutkowski Glacier on geographic.org (English)