Srite glacier
| Srite glacier | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Hauberg Mountains | |
| length | 30 km | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 59 ′ S , 69 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf | |
The Srite Glacier is a 30 km long glacier on the Orville coast of West Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Hauberg Mountains it flows from the Janke-Nunatak in an easterly, then south-easterly direction and flows into the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf on the Orville coast west of the Spear Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys between 1961 and 1962 and using aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1961 to 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after David Alan Srite, commander of the US Navy support units in Antarctica from 1985 to 1987.
Web links
- Srite Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Srite Glacier on geographic.org (English)