McManus Glacier
McManus Glacier (69°28′S 71°27′W / 69.467°S 71.450°WCoordinates: 69°28′S 71°27′W / 69.467°S 71.450°W) is a glacier flowing north into Palestrina Glacier, in northwestern Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1975–76, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1980 after Alan James McManus, a BAS cook at Grytviken and Faraday Research Station, 1971–73, and at Adelaide Island and Rothera Research Station, 1975–78.[1]
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References
- ↑ "McManus Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
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