Minnesota Glacier

Minnesota Glacier is a broad glacier, about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, flowing east through the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, separating the Sentinel Range and the Heritage Range. It is nourished by ice from the plateau west of the mountains and by Nimitz Glacier and Splettstoesser Glacier, and merges into the larger Rutford Ice Stream at the eastern margin of the Ellsworth Mountains.

Contents

• Map of Minnesota Glacier Antarctica
• Tributary glaciers
• References

Map of Minnesota Glacier, Antarctica

The glacier was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, which sent research parties to the Ellsworth Mountains in 1961–62, 1962–63 and 1963–64.