Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Long Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Long 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.
Glacier about 8 mi long in the SE part of Thurston Island. It flows S to Abbot Ice Shelf, 14 mi W of Harrison Nunatak. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-66. Named by US-ACAN for Fred A. Long, Jr., aviation machinist of USN Squadron VX-6, who wintered at Little American V in 1957 and was in Antarctica in the 1960-61 and 1962-63 seasons.
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