Lurabee Glacier () is a
glacier
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long, flowing northeast between the
Scripps Heights Scripps Heights () is a rugged heights which are largely ice-covered, surmounting the peninsula between Casey Glacier and Lurabee Glacier on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Deeply scarred by glaciers, the heights terminate on the east i ...
and
Finley Heights to the east coast of
Palmer Land
Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...
,
Antarctica
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. This glacier was discovered by
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Sir George Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar (31 October 188830 November 1958), commonly referred to as Captain Wilkins, was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer. He was awarded the Military Cross afte ...
on December 20, 1928, on his pioneer Antarctic flight. He named it "Lurabee Channel" for
Lurabee Shreck of
San Francisco
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, in recognition of her aid in procuring equipment for this and an earlier
Arctic
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flight, and for her editorial assistance on his book ''Flying the Arctic''. The term channel has been amended to glacier, in keeping with the true nature of the feature.
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See also
*Hogmanay Pass Hogmanay Pass () is a pass high, immediately southwest of the Scripps Heights, leading from the head of Casey Glacier to the middle of Lurabee Glacier, in northeastern Palmer Land, Antarctica. The feature was first photographed from the air by Lin ...
References
Glaciers of Palmer Land
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