Fahnestock Glacier () is a

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about long draining to the

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. It was named by the

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after Mark A. Fahnestock, a faculty member of the

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, who was a field and theoretical researcher in

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and in the West Antarctic Ice Stream area from the 1980s onwards.

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Glaciers of Marie Byrd Land {{MarieByrdLand-glacier-stub