Tulaczyk Glacier [SEP] continent
Tulaczyk Glacier
Tulaczyk Glacier () is a steep valley glacier draining the west slope of Vinson Massif southwest of Príncipe de Asturias Peak, and descending between Cairns Glacier and Zapol Glacier in the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. The glacier flows southwestward and leaving the range, together with Cairns Glacier joins Nimitz Glacier west of Hodges Knoll and southeast of Klenova Peak. It was named by US-ACAN (2006) after Slawek M. Tulaczyk, Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz; USAP researcher of West Antarctic ice streams from
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Tributary glaciers.
- Karasura Glacier
- Branscomb Glacier
- Cairns Glacier
- Tulaczyk Glacier
- Zapol Glacier
- Donnellan Glacier
- Gildea Glacier
- Bender Glacier
- Sirma Glacier
See also.
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
Maps.
- Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
- D. Gildea and C. Rada. Vinson Massif and