- Dater Glacier
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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Sentinel Range mapThe Dater Glacier is a steep valley glacier in Antarctica, 38 kilometres (24 mi) long and from 1.6 km to 4.8 km (1 to 3 mi) wide, flowing NE in a sinuous course from the eastern slopes of Vinson Massif to Rutford Ice Stream which borders the eastern flank of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. At the lower end the Dater Glacier coalesces with the terminus of the Ellen Glacier, the two emerging from the Sentinel Range as one stream just north of Flowers Hills.
Discovered by USN Squadron VX-6 on photographic flights of Dec. 14-15, 1959, and mapped from these photographs by United States Geological Survey. Named by US-ACAN after Henry M. Dater, historian on the staff of the U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer and the U.S. Naval Support Force Antarctica.
See also
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Dater Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System). Coordinates: 78°17′S 84°35′W / 78.283°S 84.583°W
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