Good Glacier

Good Glacier (84°12′S 177°50′E / 84.200°S 177.833°E / -84.200; 177.833Coordinates: 84°12′S 177°50′E / 84.200°S 177.833°E / -84.200; 177.833) is a wide glacier draining the eastern slopes of the Hughes Range in Antarctica between Mount Brennan and Mount Waterman and flowing northeast to enter the Ross Ice Shelf to the east of Mount Reinhardt. It was discovered by the United States Antarctic Service on Flight C of February 29 – March 1, 1940, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, on the recommendation of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, for Vice Admiral Roscoe F. Good, U.S. Navy, who furnished assistance and support for U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47).^[1]

References

↑ "Good Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-29.

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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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Glaciers in the Antarctic

Glaciers of the Ross Dependency

King Edward VII Land

Ross Dependency

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