Chavez Glacier
Glacier in Antarctica
73°55′S 101°15′W / 73.917°S 101.250°W / -73.917; -101.250
Chavez Glacier (73°55′S 101°15′W / 73.917°S 101.250°W / -73.917; -101.250) is a glacier about 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) long flowing south from Canisteo Peninsula into Cranton Bay. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Pat Chavez of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Flagstaff, Arizona, co-leader of the USGS team that compiled the 1:5,000,000-scale Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer maps of Antarctica in the 1990s.[1]
See also
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
References
- ^ "Chavez Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- This article incorporates public domain material from "Chavez Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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