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'''Spiess Glacier''' ({{coord|72|12|S|61|18|W|display=inline,title}}) is a [[glacier]] about 8 nautical miles (15 km) long on [[Merz Peninsula]], flowing north into a small [[bay]] east of [[Hjort Massif]] on the south side of [[Hilton Inlet]], [[Black Coast]]. Mapped by the [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) from aerial photographs taken by the [[U.S. Navy]], 1966–69. Surveyed by [[British Antarctic Survey]] (BAS), 1974–75. In association with the names of Antarctic oceanographers grouped in this area, named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1977 after Captain (later [[V. Adm]].) [[Fritz A. Spiess]] (1881-1959), of the [[German Navy]], Commander and [[Scientific Chief]] of the [[German Atlantic Expedition]] in Meteor, 1925–27, after the death of [[Alfred Merz|Professor Alfred Merz]]. |
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