Shanklin Glacier

Shanklin Glacier

Shanklin Glacier (coord|84|37|S|176|40|E|type:glacier_region:AQ) is a glacier in the Hughes Range of Antarctica, flowing southeast from Mount Waterman to enter Muck Glacier at a point convert|8|km|mi|0|abbr=on west of Ramsey Glacier.

The glacier was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for CWO David M. Shanklin of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment which supported the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition, 1964-65.

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