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Alvarez Glacier

Coordinates: 70°53′S 162°20′E / 70.883°S 162.333°E / -70.883; 162.333
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Alvarez Glacier
Map showing the location of Alvarez Glacier
Map showing the location of Alvarez Glacier
Location of Alvarez Glacier in Antarctica
Typetributary
LocationVictoria Land
Coordinates70°53′S 162°20′E / 70.883°S 162.333°E / -70.883; 162.333
TerminusRennick Glacier

Alvarez Glacier (70°53′S 162°20′E / 70.883°S 162.333°E / -70.883; 162.333) is a tributary glacier in the Explorers Range of the Bowers Mountains in Antarctica. It flows from the southwest side of Stanwix Peak into Rennick Glacier, to the north of Sheehan Glacier. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander Jose A. Alvarez, Argentine Navy, an International Geophysical Year Weather Central meteorologist at Little America V in 1957. The glacier is situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Alvarez Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.