Decker Glacier

Decker Glacier (77°28′S 162°47′E / 77.467°S 162.783°E / -77.467; 162.783) is a steep, narrow glacier that drains the northeast slopes of Mount Newall in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate William D. Decker, U.S. Navy, of Squadron VXE-6, who died at McMurdo Station on October 11, 1971.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Antarctica Feature Detail - Decker Glacier". USGS Geographic Names Information Service. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:3653. Retrieved 2009-12-15. 

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

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