Wotkyns Glacier
| Wotkyns Glacier | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 4 ′ S , 131 ° 25 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Reedy Glacier | |
The Wotkyns Glacier is a glacier in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It flows from the Michigan Plateau along the west side of the Caloplaca Hills to the Reedy Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Grosenvar Ervin Scott Wotkyns (* 1935), Hospital Corpsman at Byrd Station in 1962.
Web links
- Wotkyns Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wotkyns Glacier on geographic.org (English)