Aster Glacier

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Central and southern Sentinel Range map.

Aster Glacier (78°35′S 85°0′W / 78.583°S 85.000°WCoordinates: 78°35′S 85°0′W / 78.583°S 85.000°W) is an Antarctic glacier descending the east slope of Craddock Massif and flowing between Elfring Peak and Willis Ridge into Thomas Glacier in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2006, after Richard C. Aster, Professor of Geophysics and Department Head of Geosciences at Coloado State University, whose research has included volcanological studies at the Mount Erebus volcano observatory on Ross Island, ice, ocean, and tectonic seismic source research, and seismological, tectonic, and structural studies of Antarctica.

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