Vanderford Glacier
| Vanderford Glacier | ||
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| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| width | ⌀ 8.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 35 ′ S , 110 ° 26 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Vincennes Bay | |
The Vanderford Glacier is an approximately 8.5 km wide glacier on the Budd coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It flows in a north-westerly direction into the south-eastern section of Vincennes Bay .
It was mapped using aerial photographs taken during Operation Highjump (1946–1947) led by the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier in 1955 after Benjamin Vanderford (1788–1842), helmsman of the USS Vincennes , one of the ships of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) under the direction of the US polar explorer Charles Wilkes .
Web links
- Vanderford Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vanderford Glacier on geographic.org (English)