Splettstoesser Glacier Explained

Splettstoesser Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Type:tributary
Location:Ellsworth Land
Coordinates:-79.2°N -84.15°W
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Minnesota Glacier
Status:unknown

Splettstoesser Glacier (-79.2°N -93°W) is a glacier, long, draining from the plateau just south of Founders Escarpment and flowing east-northeast through the Heritage Range to the south of Founders Peaks and Anderson Massif to enter the Minnesota Glacier. Named by the University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party which explored the area in 1961-62 for John F. Splettstoesser, geologist with that party.

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