Murrish Glacier

Murrish Glacier (71°2′S 61°45′W / 71.033°S 61.75°W / -71.033; -61.75) is a glacier about 15 nautical miles (28 km) long on the east side of Palmer Land. It drains east-northeast, to the north of Stockton Peak and Abendroth Peak, and merges with the north side of Gain Glacier before the latter enters Weddell Sea opposite Morency Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for David E. Murrish, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist, party leader for the study of peripheral vascular control mechanisms in birds in the Antarctic Peninsula region for three seasons, 1972-75.

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This Palmer Land location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Glaciers of Palmer Land Palmer Land geography stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР? Murrinsville, Pennsylvania Murrison Look at other dictionaries: Abendroth Peak — (coord|71|5|S|62|0|W|) is a peak 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Stockton Peak on the divide between the Murrish and Gain Glaciers in Palmer Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US ACAN) for Ernst K. Abendroth, United States… …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”