Dobbratz Glacier

Dobbratz Glacier
Location of Heritage Range in Western Antarctica
Location of Dobbratz Glacier in Antarctica
Type	tributary
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	79°24′00″S 85°05′00″W / 79.40000°S 85.08333°W / -79.40000; -85.08333
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Splettstoesser Glacier
Status	unknown

Dobbratz Glacier (79°24′S 85°5′W / 79.400°S 85.083°W / -79.400; -85.083Coordinates: 79°24′S 85°5′W / 79.400°S 85.083°W / -79.400; -85.083) is a broad tributary glacier which drains the south part of the White Escarpment and flows northeast between the Watlack Hills and the Webers Peaks into Splettstoesser Glacier, in the Heritage Range. It was named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party, 1963–64, for Major Joseph Dobbratz, a United States Marine Corps pilot who supported the party.^[1]

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References

↑ "Dobbratz Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-22.

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

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Volcanic relations

Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glacifluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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