Cumbie Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Cumbie Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A short, steep glacier just E of Scott Nunataks, flowing N into Swinburne Ice Shelf along the SW side of Sulzberger Bay. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by US-ACAN for William A. Cumbie, Jr., AT2, USN. An aviation electronics technician, Cumbie was radioman on the ski-equipped R4D aircraft carrying R. Admiral George Dufek, USN, that was first to land at the geographic South Pole, Oct. 31, 1956.
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