Barber Glacier

Barber Glacier
Map showing the location of Barber Glacier
Location of Barber Glacier in Antarctica
Location Victoria Land
Coordinates 70°26′S 162°45′E / 70.433°S 162.750°E / -70.433; 162.750
Thickness unknown
Terminus Rosenau Head
Status unknown

Barber Glacier (70°26′S 162°45′E / 70.433°S 162.750°E / -70.433; 162.750Coordinates: 70°26′S 162°45′E / 70.433°S 162.750°E / -70.433; 162.750) is a glacier rising just east of Mount Bruce in the Bowers Mountains and flowing north to the coast between Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont and Rosenau Head, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The glacier was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 196065, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain Don W. Barber, CE, USA, construction and equipment officer, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1967 and 1968. The glacier lies on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.

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