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Perez Glacier

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Perez Glacier (84°6′S 177°0′E) is a glacier, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing northeast from Mount Brennan in the Hughes Range to the Ross Ice Shelf east of Giovinco Ice Piedmont. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ensign Richard Perez, U.S. Navy, of Squadron VX-6, Antarctic Support Activity, who participated in USN. Operation Deepfreeze 1964; wintered at McMurdo Station in 1961.

Map of Perez Glacier, Antarctica

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

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Perez Glacier Wikipedia