DeVicq Glacier

DeVicq Glacier

DeVicq Glacier (75°00′S 131°00′W / 75°S 131°W / -75; -131), is a large Antarctic glacier that drains the area between Ames Range and McCuddin Mountains in Marie Byrd Land and flows north to enter the Getz Ice Shelf to the southeast of Grant Island. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant David C. deVicq, U.S. Navy (USN), engineering officer in charge of building new Byrd Station, 1960-61.[1]

See also

  • List of glaciers in the Antarctic
  • List of Antarctic ice streams

References

  1. ^ "DeVicq Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:3801. Retrieved 2009-11-06. 

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


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