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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| Falkner Glacier (USA) | 73° 44' 32.0" S | 166° 01' 03.0" E | |
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Name ID: 136785
Place ID: 18491
An east-flowing valley glacier, 4 miles long, located 2 miles south of Oakley Glacier in Mountaineer Range, Victoria Land. The glacier descends steeply to Lady Newnes Bay where it forms a floating glacier tongue. Named by US-ACAN (2008) after Kelly K. Falkner, Professor of Chemical Oceanography at Oregon State University, who served from 2006 as the first Program Director for the Antarctic Integrated System Science Program in the Division of Antarctic Sciences, Office of Antarctic Programs, National Science Foundation. |
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