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'''Rankin Glacier''' ({{coord|71|41|S|62|15|W|display=inline,title}}) is a [[glacier]] about 12 nautical miles (22 km) long on the east side of [[Palmer Land]]. It flows southeast and then east along the south side of [[Schirmacher Massif]] to join the [[Cline Glacier]] just inland from the head of [[Odom Inlet]]. Mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) in 1974. Named by [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for [[John S. Rankin]], [[United States Antarctic Research Program]] (USARP) biologist on the [[International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expeditions]], 1968 and 1969.

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