Walk glacier
| Walk glacier | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Jones Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 38 ′ S , 94 ° 18 ′ W | |
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The Walk Glacier is a glacier in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Jones Mountains it flows from the Christoffersen Heights in a westerly direction south of the Forbidden Rocks .
Participants in a University of Minnesota expedition to the Jones Mountains (1960–1961) mapped him. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1963 after Lieutenant Donald Richard Walk (1933-2016) of the United States Navy , medical officer and senior officer at Byrd Station in 1961.
Web links
- Walk Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Walk Glacier on geographic.org (English)