Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Aster Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Aster 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 descending the E slope of Craddock Massif and flowing between Elfring Peak and Willis Ridge into Thomas Glacier in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by US-ACAN (2006) after Richard C. Aster, geophysicist, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, involved in seismic studies at the Mount Erebus volcano observatory on Ross Island, 1996-2002.
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