Dale Glacier

Dale Glacier
Location of Dale Glacier in Antarctica
Type	trenchlike
Location	Ross Dependency
Coordinates	78°17′S 162°2′E / 78.283°S 162.033°E / -78.283; 162.033
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Skelton Glacier
Status	unknown

Dale Glacier (78°17′S 162°2′E / 78.283°S 162.033°E / -78.283; 162.033Coordinates: 78°17′S 162°2′E / 78.283°S 162.033°E / -78.283; 162.033) is a trenchlike glacier which drains the southwest slopes of Mount Huggins in the Royal Society Range and flows west into Skelton Glacier. First visited by F.R. Brooke and Bernard M. Gunn of the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956–58, it was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1963 for Lieutenant Commander Robert L. Dale, U.S. Navy, who was officer in charge of the Squadron VX-6 wintering-over detachment at McMurdo Station in 1960.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Dale Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).