Loftus Glacier () is a
valley glacier between
Mount Weyant and
Mount McLennan, which flows north to join
Newall Glacier
The Newall Glacier () is a glacier in the east part of the Asgard Range of Victoria Land,
It flows east between Mount Newall and Mount Weyant into the Wilson Piedmont Glacier.
The Newall Glacier was mapped by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party of th ...
in
Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was 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 1964 for Chief Journalist
Leo G. Loftus,
U.S. Navy, who served five summer seasons at
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research station on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the Unit ...
, 1959–64.
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References
Glaciers of Victoria Land
Scott Coast
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