Ueda Glacier () is a large
glacier
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flowing eastward along the south side of the
Scaife Mountains to enter
Hansen Inlet near the base of
Antarctic Peninsula. It was mapped by
United States Geological Survey
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(USGS) from surveys and
U.S. Navy
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air photos from 1961 to 1967 and named by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for
Herbert T. Ueda who, with
B. Lyle Hansen, was in charge of the deep core drilling program at
Byrd Station, summers 1966-67 and 1967–68.
Glaciers of Palmer Land
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