Slone glacier
Slone glacier | ||
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location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Admiralty Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 71 ° 56 ′ S , 170 ° 3 ′ E | |
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drainage | Moubray Bay |
The Slone Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Admiralty Mountains, it flows along the north side of Slagle Ridge and flows into Moubray Bay on its west bank .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1964 after Kelly Slone of the United States Air Force , who on October 15, 1958 when A Douglas C-124 crash at Cape Roget along with five other crew members was killed.
Web links
- Slone Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Slone Glacier on geographic.org (English)