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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| Flanagan Glacier (USA) | 79° 29' 00.0" S | 82° 42' 00.0" W | Glacier |
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Name ID: 125160
Place ID: 4676
A glacier in the Pioneer Heights, Heritage Range, draining E from Thompson Escarpment between Gross and Nimbus Hills to the confluent ice at the lower end of Union Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1961-66. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Walter B. Flanagan, assistant maintenance officer with USN Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station in Deep Freeze 1963 and 1964. |
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