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Canyon Glacier

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28: 169: 35: 419: 384: 445: 297:. A mainly ice-covered bluff just southwest of Giovinco Ice Piedmont, protruding into Canyon Glacier from that glacier's east side. Named by US-ACAN for F. A. Nadeau, Jr., a member of the support party at McMurdo Station, 1963. 423: 388: 586: 720: 636: 556: 551: 477: 713: 631: 255:. A tributary glacier flowing northeast to enter Canyon Glacier 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north of Gray Peak. Named by the United States 200:, which overlook the upper reaches. The Canyon Glacier flows north and is joined by the Cunningham Glacier from the left (west). It continues north past the 596: 505: 500: 662: 626: 561: 706: 601: 729: 616: 571: 470: 392: 256: 55: 611: 606: 576: 536: 521: 463: 27: 641: 621: 526: 486: 157: 748: 541: 646: 591: 546: 427: 581: 531: 677: 672: 566: 48: 259:(US-ACAN) for Willard E. Cunningham, Jr., cook at McMurdo Station, winter 1960; at South Pole Station, winter 1963. 435: 269: 227: 104: 185: 145: 197: 205: 149: 399: 168: 189: 682: 449: 201: 141: 193: 177: 133: 132:) is a narrow glacier, 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) long, flowing to the 90: 742: 153: 687: 366: 181: 137: 698: 209: 284: 271: 242: 229: 119: 106: 70: 57: 455: 667: 204:
along its west side. At its mouth it passes the Nadeau Bluff and the
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and moves northward between steep canyon walls of the
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It drains the northwest slopes of 587:Palmer Archipelago and Graham Land 426:from websites or documents of the 391:from websites or documents of the 14: 637:Trinity Peninsula and Graham Land 557:James Ross Island and Graham Land 552:Heard Island and McDonald Islands 368:Geographic Names of the Antarctic 443: 422: This article incorporates 417: 387: This article incorporates 382: 33: 26: 730:Glaciers of the Ross Dependency 428:United States Geological Survey 365:Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), 1: 688:List of subantarctic glaciers 678:List of Antarctic ice streams 673:List of Antarctic ice shelves 668:List of Antarctic ice rises 765: 192:is to the west, including 487:Glaciers in the Antarctic 21: 749:Glaciers of Dufek Coast 597:Princess Elizabeth Land 627:South Shetland Islands 562:Kaiser Wilhelm II Land 424:public domain material 389:public domain material 173: 206:Giovinco Ice Piedmont 171: 150:Giovinco Ice Piedmont 16:Glacier in Antarctica 632:South Orkney Islands 602:Queen Elizabeth Land 572:Mac. Robertson Land 325:The Cloudmaker USGS 281: /  239: /  116: /  67: /  285:84.067°S 175.150°E 243:84.267°S 173.750°E 221:Cunningham Glacier 190:Commonwealth Range 174: 120:83.950°S 175.417°E 71:83.950°S 175.417°E 736: 735: 696: 695: 188:to the east. 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Map showing the location of
Coordinates
83°57′S 175°25′E / 83.950°S 175.417°E / -83.950; 175.417
Ross Ice Shelf
83°57′S 175°25′E / 83.950°S 175.417°E / -83.950; 175.417
Ross Ice Shelf
Mount Wexler
Separation Range
Hughes Range
Giovinco Ice Piedmont
Mount Patrick
New Zealand Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition

Pain Névé
Mount Wexler
Hughes Range
Commonwealth Range
Mount Hermanson
Gray Peak
Separation Range
Giovinco Ice Piedmont
Mount Cope
84°16′S 173°45′E / 84.267°S 173.750°E / -84.267; 173.750
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
84°04′S 175°09′E / 84.067°S 175.150°E / -84.067; 175.150
Alberts 1995
The Cloudmaker USGS
Alberts 1995
Alberts 1995
Geographic Names of the Antarctic

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