Falkner Glacier Explained

Falkner Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Type:valley glacier
Location:Victoria Land
Coordinates:-73.75°N 167°W
Length:4nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Lady Newnes Bay
Status:unknown

Falkner Glacier, is an east-flowing valley glacier, 4nmi long, located 2nmi south of Oakley Glacier in the Mountaineer Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The glacier descends steeply to Lady Newnes Bay where it forms a floating glacier tongue. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (2008) after Kelly K. Falkner, Professor of Chemical Oceanography at Oregon State University, who served from 2006 as the first Program Director for the Antarctic Integrated System Science Program in the Division of Antarctic Sciences, Office of Antarctic Programs, National Science Foundation.

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