Van Reeth Glacier
| Van Reeth Glacier | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains | |
| length | 32 km | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 25 ′ S , 148 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Scott Glacier | |
The Van Reeth Glacier is a glacier in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it flows west to the Scott Glacier , which it reaches between Mount Blackburn and Mount Bowlin .
It was discovered in December 1934 by the geological team around Quin Blackburn (1900-1981) on the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1967 after Commander Eugene William Van Reeth (* 1927) of the United States Navy , squadron pilot in Operation Deep Freeze in 1966, 1967 and 1968 and squadron leader in 1969.
Web links
- Van Reeth Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Van Reeth Glacier on geographic.org (English)