Rutkowski Glacier

Rutkowski Glacier (85°11′S 166°21′E) is a glacier which drains the northern part of the Dominion Range icecap eastward of Mount Mills. It descends northeastward into Meyer Desert where it terminates without reaching Beardmore Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard L. Rutkowski, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at the South Pole Station, 1962.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Rutkowski Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley P-form Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Suncup Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glaciofluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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