Twombley Glacier
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Satellite image of the Byrd Glacier with the |
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location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
length | 10 km | |
Coordinates | 80 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 157 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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drainage | Byrd glacier |
The Twombley Glacier is a 10 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows from the north side of the Kent Plateau to the south side of the Byrd Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1965 incorrectly after Chester E. Twombly (1918-1984) of the United States Weather Bureau , a member of the winter team at Little America V station in 1956.
Web links
- Twombley Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Twombley Glacier on geographic.org (English)