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Sylwester Glacier

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Sylwester Glacier (84°14′S 159°48′E) is a glacier, 5 miles (8 km) long, flowing north between Jacobs Nunatak and MacAlpine Hills into Law Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for David L. Sylwester, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) aurora scientist at South Pole Station, winter 1961, and Byrd Station, summer, 1961-62.

Map of Sylwester Glacier, Antarctica

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

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Sylwester Glacier Wikipedia