Wilhelm Glacier

Wilhelm Glacier
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location	Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Malta Plateau , Victory Mountains
Coordinates	72 ° 46 ′ S , 166 ° 37 ′ E Coordinates: 72 ° 46 ′ S , 166 ° 37 ′ E
drainage	Seafarer Glacier

The Wilhelm Glacier is a glacier in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Victory Mountains, 3 km north of the Olson Glacier, it drains the northern part of the western slopes of the Malta Plateau and flows in a westerly direction to the Seafarer Glacier .

The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after the glaciologist Robert C. Wilhelm, who was part of the United between 1967 and 1968 States Antarctic Research Program was involved in the exploration of Roosevelt Island .

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