Murphy Glacier
Glacier in Graham Land, Antarctica
66°54′S 66°20′W / 66.900°S 66.333°W / -66.900; -66.333 Murphy Glacier is a glacier on Pernik Peninsula, Loubet Coast in Graham Land, flowing generally westward to Orford Cliff and merging with Wilkinson Glacier before terminating in Lallemand Fjord. It was mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956–57). It was named for Thomas L. Murphy, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) leader and assistant surveyor at Detaille Island in 1956.[1]
References
- ^ "Murphy Glacier". SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Murphy Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 
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- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- James Ross Island and Graham Land
- Kaiser Wilhelm II Land
- Kemp Land
- Mac. Robertson Land
- Marie Byrd Land
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- Palmer Archipelago and Graham Land
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- Princess Elizabeth Land
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- Queen Maud Land
- Ross Dependency
- South Georgia
- South Shetland Islands
- South Orkney Islands
- Trinity Peninsula and Graham Land
- Victoria Land
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