Solomon Glacier
| Solomon Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 23 ′ S , 162 ° 30 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Potter Glacier | |
The Solomon Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Royal Society Range, it lies on the southern flank of the Fisher Bastion and flows from the Solomon Saddle in a westerly direction to the Potter Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1994 after the American atmospheric chemist Susan Solomon (* 1956), who at the time of his appointment was Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Polar Program of the National Science Foundation .
Web links
- Solomon Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Solomon Glacier on geographic.org (English)