MacNamara Glacier

MacNamara Glacier
Location of MacNamara Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Queen Elizabeth Land
Coordinates	84°20′S 63°40′W / 84.333°S 63.667°W / -84.333; -63.667
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Foundation Ice Stream
Status	unknown

MacNamara Glacier (84°20′S 63°40′W / 84.333°S 63.667°W / -84.333; -63.667Coordinates: 84°20′S 63°40′W / 84.333°S 63.667°W / -84.333; -63.667) is a glacier in the Patuxent Range of the Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica, draining northeastward between the Thomas Hills and Anderson Hills to Foundation Ice Stream. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Edlen E. MacNamara, a United States Antarctic Research Program exchange scientist at Molodezhnaya Station, winter 1967.^[1]

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References

↑ "MacNamara Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-23.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "MacNamara 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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