Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Branscomb Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Branscomb 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.
A glacier, 6 mi long, flowing W from the NW side of Vinson Massif into Nimitz Glacier, in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN aerial photographs, 1957-60. Named by US-ACAN after Lewis M. Branscomb, Chairman, National Science Board, 1982-84.
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