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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Haynes Glacier (USA) | 75° 25' 00.0" S | 109° 30' 00.0" W | Glacier |
Name ID: 126321
Place ID: 6141
A broad glacier flowing to Walgreen Coast, to the E of Mount Murphy, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by US-ACAN after Maj. John W. Haynes, USMC, aircraft pilot on Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968, who made a photographic flight over this glacier on Jan. 1, 1967. |
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