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Cairns Glacier

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Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
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Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
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southwestwards, and leaving the range together with Tulaczyk Glacier joins
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Map showing the location of Cairns Glacier
Antarctica
Ellsworth Land
Coordinates
78°34′S 86°00′W / 78.567°S 86.000°W / -78.567; -86.000
Nimitz Glacier

78°34′S 86°00′W / 78.567°S 86.000°W / -78.567; -86.000
Vinson Massif
Sentinel Range
Branscomb Glacier
Tulaczyk Glacier
Brichebor Peak
Nimitz Glacier
Klenova Peak
US-ACAN
Smithsonian Institution
American Geophysical Union
List of glaciers in the Antarctic
Glaciology
Vinson Massif.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
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"Cairns Glacier"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
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Cairns Glacier.
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