Falkner Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Falkner Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
An east-flowing valley glacier, 4 miles long, located 2 miles south of Oakley Glacier in Mountaineer Range, Victoria Land. The glacier descends steeply to Lady Newnes Bay where it forms a floating glacier tongue. Named by US-ACAN (2008) after Kelly K. Falkner, Professor of Chemical Oceanography at Oregon State University, who served from 2006 as the first Program Director for the Antarctic Integrated System Science Program in the Division of Antarctic Sciences, Office of Antarctic Programs, National Science Foundation.
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