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)
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Zuniga Glacier (USA) | 74° 34' 00.0" S | 111° 51' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 133997
Place ID: 16540
A glacier flowing WNW into Dotson Ice Shelf between Jeffrey Head and Mount Bodziony on the W side of Bear Peninsula, Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation HighJump in 1947 and USN in 1966. Named by US-ACAN after Mike Zuniga, Chief Aviation Storekeeper, USN, who made seven Deep Freeze deployments between 1960 and 1978. |
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