Land Glacier

The Land Glacier (75°40′S 141°45′W) is a broad, heavily crevassed glacier, about 35 nautical miles (60 km) long, descending into Land Bay in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the U.S. Antarctic Service (1939–41) and named for Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission.[1]

See also

Further reading
• K.C. JEZEK, H.X. LIU, Structure of southeastern Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves and ice tongues from synthetic aperture radar imagery, Journal of Glaciology, Vol. 51, No. 174, 2005

References
  1. "Land Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-28.

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