Blair Glacier Explained

Blair Glacier
Photo Width:250px
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Wilkes Land
Coordinates:-66.75°N 124.5333°W
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Maury Bay
Status:unknown

Blair Glacier is a glacier draining northward to the western corner of Maury Bay. It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for James L. Blair, Midshipman on the sloop Peacock during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes.

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