Vornberger Glacier

Vornberger Glacier (73°55′S 125°4′W / 73.917°S 125.067°W / -73.917; -125.067Coordinates: 73°55′S 125°4′W / 73.917°S 125.067°W / -73.917; -125.067) is a glacier about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long draining the north side of Siple Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Patricia Vornberger, NASA, specialist in field and remotely sensed data studies of ice motion in West Antarctica from the 1980s to the present. [1]

References

  1. ↑ "Vornberger Glacier". Geographical names. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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