Hughes Ice Piedmont

Hughes Ice Piedmont (70°12′S 62°15′W) is the ice piedmont between Cordini Glacier and Smith Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Terence J. Hughes, a United States Antarctic Research Program glaciologist at Deception Island and McMurdo Sound during 1970–71, and at Deception Island, 1973–74.[1]

References
  1. "Hughes Ice Piedmont". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-02.

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