Cooper Glacier

Cooper Glacier

Cooper Glacier (85°30′S 164°30′W / 85.5°S 164.5°W / -85.5; -164.5) is a tributary glacier, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, flowing northeast between Butchers Spur and Quarles Range to enter the south side of Axel Heiberg Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on several plane flights to the Queen Maud Mountains in November 1929, and named by him for Kent Cooper, an official of the Associated Press.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Cooper Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).