Sefton Glacier

Sefton Glacier (80°45′S 156°52′E / 80.750°S 156.867°E / -80.750; 156.867Coordinates: 80°45′S 156°52′E / 80.750°S 156.867°E / -80.750; 156.867) is a glacier about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing into the south side of Byrd Glacier just west of Rundle Peaks. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ronald Sefton, ionospheric physicist, a member of the Byrd Station winter parties of 1962 and 1964.

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

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