Cumbie Glacier

Cumbie Glacier (77°13′S 154°12′W / 77.217°S 154.2°W / -77.217; -154.2) is a short, steep glacier just east of Scott Nunataks, flowing north into Swinburne Ice Shelf along the southwest side of Sulzberger Bay. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William A. Cumbie, Jr., AT2, USN. An aviation electronics technician, Cumbie was radioman on the ski-equipped R4D aircraft carrying R. Admiral George Dufek, U.S. Navy, that was first to land at the geographic South Pole, October 31, 1956.

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