Minnesota Glacier

Minnesota Glacier (79°0′S 83°0′W) is a broad glacier, about 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) long and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) wide, flowing east through the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, separating the Sentinel Range and the Heritage Range. It is nourished by ice from the plateau west of the mountains and by Nimitz Glacier and Splettstoesser Glacier, and merges into the larger Rutford Ice Stream at the eastern margin of the Ellsworth Mountains.

Minnesota Glacier
Location of Ellsworth Mountains in Western Antarctica
Location of Minnesota Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	79°00′00″S 83°00′00″W
Length	40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi)
Width	5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Rutford Ice Stream
Status	unknown

Map of Heritage Range and Minnesota Glacier.

Map of Sentinel Range with upper Minnesota Glacier and its northern tributaries.

The glacier was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, which sent research parties to the Ellsworth Mountains in 1961–62, 1962–63 and 1963–64.[1]

Tributary glaciers

• Splettstoesser Glacier
• Gowan Glacier
• Webster Glacier
• Nimitz Glacier
• Wessbecher Glacier
• Hudman Glacier
• Carey Glacier

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

1. "Minnesota Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-10-23.

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