Kovacs Glacier

Kovacs Glacier
Map showing the location of Kovacs Glacier
Location of Kovacs Glacier in Antarctica
Location Queen Elizabeth Land
Coordinates 83°11′S 49°15′W / 83.183°S 49.250°W / -83.183; -49.250
Thickness unknown
Terminus Support Force Glacier
Status unknown

Kovacs Glacier (83°11′S 49°15′W / 83.183°S 49.250°W / -83.183; -49.250Coordinates: 83°11′S 49°15′W / 83.183°S 49.250°W / -83.183; -49.250) is a glacier on the southeast side of Lexington Table, flowing east-northeast into Support Force Glacier in the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1979 after Austin Kovacs, who was leader of the 1973–74 United States Antarctic Research Program – Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory survey party (with G. Erlanger and G. Abele) in this area, and also worked in the McMurdo Sound area.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kovacs Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  2. ↑ "Kovacs Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 26 January 2018.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.