Carleton Glacier () is a
glacier which drains the northwest slopes of
Mount Lister in the
Royal Society Range in
Victoria Land,
Antarctica and flows north into the
Emmanuel Glacier. It was mapped by the
United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and from Navy air photos, and named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
in 1963, in association with nearby
Rutgers Glacier, after
Carleton College
Carleton College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. Founded in 1866, it had 2,105 undergraduate students and 269 faculty members in fall 2016. The 200-acre main campus is between Northfield and the 800-acre Cowling ...
,
Northfield, Minnesota, which has sent researchers to Antarctica.
References
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Glaciers of Victoria Land
Carleton College
Scott Coast
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