COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

flowing NNE into Filchner Ice Shelf between Forrestal Range and Argentina Range, Pensacola Mountains. Following the first Argentine flight to the South Pole by the Grupo Aeronaval UT 78 in January 1962, the lower part of this glacier in c. 82°50'S 46°00'W was called Glaciar Les Eclaireurs after the transport ship Les Eclaireurs which, in 1957, made the first tourist cruise to the Antarctic (Argentina. MM, NM 21/1.xi.1964; Pierrou, 1970, p.481), and the upper part of the glacier in c. 83°18'S 47°00'W was called Glaciar Punta Ninfas after the tanker Punta Ninfas which took part in AAE, 1949-50 (Argentina. MM, NM 21/1.xi.1964; Pierrou, 1970, p.610). The glacier was photographed from the air by USN in 1964 and mapped from air photographs by USGS; named Support Force Glacier after the US Naval Support Force Antarctica, which has provided sup- port for USARP (USGS sheets SU 21-25/10 and 14, 1969; APC, 1974, p.6). Glaciar Bahía Buen Suceso, referring to the lower part of the glacier after the Argentine transport ship Buen Suceso of AAE, 1951-52 (Pierrou, 1970, p.182).

A major glacier in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northward between the Forrestal Range and Argentina Range to Ronne Ice Shelf. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, which provided logistical support for the U.S. Antarctic Research Program during this period.