Quonset Glacier

Quonset Glacier (85°19′S 127°5′W) is a glacier about 20 miles (32 km) long which drains the north slopes of Wisconsin Range between Mount LeSchack and Ruseski Buttress and trends west-northwest to enter the north side of Davisville Glacier.[1] Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, it was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after the Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island, home base of Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6).[2]

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References
  1. "Quonset Glacier Map on Mapcarta".
  2. "Quonset Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-01-16.

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