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Similar Transantarctic Mountains, Beard Glacier, Jakobshavn Glacier, Hubbard Glacier, Ferrar Glacier | ||
The Byrd Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, about 136 km long and 24 km wide, draining an extensive area of the polar plateau and flowing eastward between the Britannia Range and Churchill Mountains to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inlet.
Map of Byrd Glacier, Antarctica
Named by the NZ-APC after Rear Admiral Byrd, US Navy, American Antarctic explorer.
References
Byrd Glacier Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA