Falkner Glacier

Falkner Glacier
Map showing the location of Falkner Glacier
Location of Falkner Glacier in Antarctica
Type valley glacier
Location Victoria Land
Coordinates 73°45′S 166°01′E / 73.750°S 166.017°E / -73.750; 166.017
Length 4 nautical miles (7 km; 5 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Lady Newnes Bay
Status unknown

Falkner Glacier (73°45′S 166°01′E / 73.750°S 166.017°E / -73.750; 166.017Coordinates: 73°45′S 166°01′E / 73.750°S 166.017°E / -73.750; 166.017), is an east-flowing valley glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km; 5 mi) long, located 2 nautical miles (4 km; 2 mi) south of Oakley Glacier in the Mountaineer Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The glacier descends steeply to Lady Newnes Bay where it forms a floating glacier tongue. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (2008) after Kelly K. Falkner, Professor of Chemical Oceanography at Oregon State University, who served from 2006 as the first Program Director for the Antarctic Integrated System Science Program in the Division of Antarctic Sciences, Office of Antarctic Programs, National Science Foundation.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Falkner Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-13.

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