Velasco Glacier

Velasco Glacier
Location of Velasco Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Walgreen Coast
Coordinates	74°16′S 101°11′W
Length	5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Status	unknown

Velasco Glacier (74°16′S 101°11′W) is a glacier about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long flowing west from Walgreen Coast toward the Backer Islands. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Miguel G. Velasco, a United States Geological Survey (USGS) computer specialist, and part of the USGS team that compiled the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer 1:5,000,000-scale maps of Antarctica in the 1990s.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

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