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Waddington Glacier

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Waddington Glacier (78°3′S 161°27′E) is a tributary glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long, flowing west-northwest along the south side of Ugolini Peak, Colwell Massif, to enter Palais Glacier, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1994 after Edwin D. Waddington, geophysicist, University of Washington; from 1990, field investigator at Taylor Dome in an extended program of glacier geophysical studies.

Map of Waddington Glacier, Antarctica

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

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Waddington Glacier Wikipedia