Rosanova Glacier (73°15′S 97°55′W) is a glacier about 8 nautical miles (15 km) long flowing north from King Peninsula into the Abbot Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Christine E. Rosanova, United States Geological Survey (USGS), Flagstaff, AZ; specialist in the use of satellite imagery for geological and glaciological studies from the early 1990s to 2002; a pioneer in the use of imagery for glacier velocity measurements.
Map of Rosanova Glacier, Antarctica
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Rosanova Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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