Young glacier

Young glacier
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location	Ellsworthland , West Antarctica
Mountains	Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains
length	13 km
Coordinates	78 ° 4 ′ S , 84 ° 49 ′ W Coordinates: 78 ° 4 ′ S , 84 ° 49 ′ W

The Young Glacier is a glacier in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It flows in an easterly direction and ends on the northern edge of the Barnes Ridge ridge on the east side of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains .

The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1957 and 1959. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1961 after First Lieutenant Dale L. Young of the United States Air Force , who was involved in the construction the South Pole Station was involved between 1956 and 1957.

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