Leverett Glacier

Leverett Glacier

Leverett Glacier in Antarctica is about 80 km (50 mi) long and 4 to 6 km (3 to 4 mi) wide, draining northward from the Watson Escarpment, between the California and Stanford Plateaus, and then trending WNW between the Tapley Mountains and Harold Byrd Mountains to terminate at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf close east of Scott Glacier. It was discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd AE geological party under Laurence Gould, and named by him for Frank Leverett, eminent geologist at the University of Michigan and authority on glacial geology of the central United States.

The Leverett Glacier is the planned route through the Transantarctic Mountains for the overland supply road between McMurdo Station and Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

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* List of glaciers


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