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Peckham Glacier

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Peckham Glacier (80°21′S 157°25′E) is a steep tributary glacier in the Britannia Range, flowing south from Mount McClintock into Byrd Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Verne E. Peckham, biologist, McMurdo Station winter party 1962, who with use of SCUBA gear made numerous dives under the sea ice of McMurdo Sound at Winter Quarters Bay and off Cape Evans.

Map of Peckham Glacier, Antarctica

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Peckham Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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Peckham Glacier Wikipedia