Barnes Glacier | |
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Location of Barnes Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Graham Land |
Coordinates | 67°32′S 66°25′W / 67.533°S 66.417°W |
Thickness | unknown |
Highest elevation | 400 m (1,312 ft) |
Terminus | Blind Bay |
Status | unknown |
Barnes Glacier (67°32′S 66°25′W / 67.533°S 66.417°W) is a glacier on the west side of Hemimont Plateau flowing west into Blind Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958 for Howard T. Barnes, Canadian physicist and pioneer of ice engineering.
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- This article incorporates public domain material from "Barnes Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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