Walter Glacier
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Walter Glacier is a glacier
flowing east-northeast, merging with the south side of Moran Glacier
to enter Schokalsky Bay
, northeast Alexander Island
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Howard J. Walter, U.S. Navy, LC-130 aircraft commander, Squadron VXE-6
, Operation Deepfreeze, 1970 and 1971.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
flowing east-northeast, merging with the south side of Moran Glacier
Moran Glacier
Moran Glacier is a glacier 10 nautical miles long, joined at the south side by Walter Glacier, flowing east into Schokalsky Bay, northeast Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947–48, and surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , 1948-50...
to enter Schokalsky Bay
Schokalsky Bay
Schokalsky Bay is a bay, 9 nautical miles wide at its entrance and indenting 6 nautical miles between Mount Calais and Cape Brown along the east coast of Alexander Island...
, northeast Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Howard J. Walter, U.S. Navy, LC-130 aircraft commander, Squadron VXE-6
VXE-6
VXE-6, Antarctic Development Squadron 6 , commonly referred to by its nickname, The Puckered Penguins was a United States Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
, Operation Deepfreeze, 1970 and 1971.