Rush Glacier

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Rush Glacier (64°23′S 62°37′W / 64.383°S 62.617°W / -64.383; -62.617Coordinates: 64°23′S 62°37′W / 64.383°S 62.617°W / -64.383; -62.617) is a glacier in Antarctica. Situated in southern Brabant Island, it is 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, flowing west from the Solvay Mountains into Dallmann Bay between Fleming and Humann Points, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. It was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. The glacier was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Benjamin Rush (1745–1813), a noted American physician and philanthropist, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence.

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