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Hand Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Hand 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 deeply entrenched valley glacier that drains the E slopes of Malta Plateau and flows E along the S side of Clapp Ridge into the Borchgrevink Glacier, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Cadet H. Hand, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68.
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