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467:. A glacier about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) long, flowing north from McDonald Heights into Siniff Bay. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Bernard V. Jackson, Station Scientific Leader at South Pole Station, 1971.
379:. A point marking the east side of the entrance to Siniff Bay. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Captain Frederick C. Melville, Master of the City of New York in voyages to the Bay of Whales during the ByrdAE, 1928-30.
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