Albanus Glacier (), also known as Phillips Glacier, is a long
glacier
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flowing west along the south side of
Tapley Mountains to enter
Scott Glacier just north of
Mount Zanuck, in the
Queen Maud Mountains
The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarcti ...
in
Antarctica
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. It was discovered in December 1934 by the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, p ...
geological party under
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. Byrd named it for
Albanus Phillips, Jr., president of
Phillips Packing in
Cambridge, Maryland
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, a patron of, and supplier of provisions to, his Antarctic expeditions of 1928–30 and 1933–35.
See also
*
List of glaciers in the Antarctic
*
Glaciology
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Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, c ...
References
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Glaciers of Amundsen Coast
Queen Maud Mountains
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