Dale Glacier

Dale Glacier

Dale Glacier (78°17′S 162°2′E / 78.283°S 162.033°E / -78.283; 162.033) is a trenchlike glacier which drains the southwest slopes of Mount Huggins in the Royal Society Range and flows west into Skelton Glacier. First visited by Brooke and Gunn of the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1963 for Lieutenant Commander Robert L. Dale, U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the Squadron VX-6 wintering-over detachment at McMurdo Station in 1960.

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