Foster Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Foster Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A glacier in the Royal Society Range. From south of Mount Schwerdtfeger and Mount Kempe, it flows in a southeasterly direction to join the Koettliz Névé. Separately from Solomon Glacier flowing east by the low Solomon Saddle. Feature shown on: NZ AntTopo50-MH09
Named in 1963 by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Major James Foster, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), Deep Freeze 1960, who was Assistant Air Operations Officer for U.S. Navy Task Force 43.
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