Stafford Glacier
| Stafford Glacier | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 30 ′ S , 168 ° 15 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Trafalgar Glacier | |
The Stafford Glacier is a glacier in East Antarctica, Victoria Land . In the Victory Mountains it flows 8 km east of the Rudolph Glacier to the Trafalgar Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1964 after Sergeant Billy D. Stafford of the United States Army , senior officer the helicopter detachment in support of the USGS's work in this area between 1961 and 1962
Web links
- Stafford Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stafford Glacier on geographic.org (English)