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Reminghton Glacier
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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
Map showing the location of Reminghton Glacier
Map showing the location of Reminghton Glacier
Location in Antarctica
Location Ellsworth Land
Coordinates 78°34′00″S 84°18′00″W / 78.56667°S 84.30000°W / -78.56667; -84.30000
Length 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Hough Glacier and Johnson Spur
Status unknown

Remington Glacier is a steep glacier about 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) long in Doyran Heights in the Sentinel Range of Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It rises just north of McPherson Peak and flows east-southeast to debouch between the terminus of Hough Glacier and Johnson Spur.

Background

Vinson-Map
Central and southern Sentinel Range map

Discovered by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 on photographic flights of December 14–15, 1959, and mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from these photos.

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Edward W. Remington, glaciologist at the South Pole Station during the IGY in 1957.

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