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Wotkyns Glacier

Coordinates: 86°4′S 131°25′W / 86.067°S 131.417°W / -86.067; -131.417
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Wotkyns Glacier
Map showing the location of Wotkyns Glacier
Map showing the location of Wotkyns Glacier
Wotkyns Glacier
Location of Wotkyns Glacier in Antarctica
LocationMarie Byrd Land
Coordinates86°4′S 131°25′W / 86.067°S 131.417°W / -86.067; -131.417

Wotkyns Glacier is a glacier flowing north from Michigan Plateau along the west side of Caloplaca Hills to enter the Reedy Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Grosvenor S. Wotkyns, hospital corpsman at Byrd Station in 1962.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Wotkyns Glacier". Geographical names. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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