Walter Glacier
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 Satellite image of the Walter Glacier (bottom left, unlabeled) from 2009 |
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| location | Alexander I Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 17 ′ S , 70 ° 22 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Moran Glacier | |
The Walter Glacier is a glacier in the northeast of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It flows in an east-northeast direction and flows into the southern flank of the Moran Glacier , just before it reaches the Schokalski Bay .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Commander Howard J. Walter (* 1931) of the United States Navy , pilot of a Lockheed C-130 with the VXE-6 flight squadron during Deep Freeze operations in 1970 and 1971.
Web links
- Walter Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Walter Glacier on geographic.org (English)