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Skinner Glacier (Antarctica)

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Skinner Glacier (70°14′S 68°0′W) is a glacier on the west edge of Palmer Land, flowing south-southwest between Mount Dixey and Mount Flower to enter George VI Sound just east of Carse Point. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Alexander C. Skinner, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist at Fossil Bluff and Stonington Island stations, 1968-70.

Map of Skinner Glacier, Antarctica

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

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