Mincey Glacier () is a

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, long, draining the southern slopes of the Anderson Heights in the Bush Mountains of Antarctica and flowing southeast to enter

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. It was discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy

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on the flights of February 16, 1947, and named by the

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for Master Sergeant A.V. Mincey,

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, radio operator of Flight 8A.

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