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Pryor Glacier


Pryor Glacier (70°5′S 160°10′E / 70.083°S 160.167°E / -70.083; 160.167Coordinates: 70°5′S 160°10′E / 70.083°S 160.167°E / -70.083; 160.167) is a glacier flowing northeastward, to the north of Mount Shields and Yermak Point, into Rennick Bay. The feature is about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long and forms a physical separation between Wilson Hills and Usarp Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Madison E. Pryor, scientific leader at McMurdo Station (1959) and U.S. Exchange Scientist at the Soviet Mirny Station (1962).


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