Cooper Glacier

The Cooper Glacier (85°30′S 164°30′W / 85.500°S 164.500°W / -85.500; -164.500Coordinates: 85°30′S 164°30′W / 85.500°S 164.500°W / -85.500; -164.500) is a tributary glacier, 15 nautical miles (30 km) long, flowing northeast between Butchers Spur and the Quarles Range to enter the south side of Axel Heiberg Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on several plane flights to the Queen Maud Mountains in November 1929, and named by him for Kent Cooper, an official of the Associated Press.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Cooper Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-22.

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