Minnesota Glacier (79°0′S 83°0′W / 79.000°S 83.000°W / -79.000; -83.000) is a broad glacier, about 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) long and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) wide, flowing east through the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, separating the Sentinel Range and the Heritage Range. It is nourished by ice from the plateau west of the mountains and by Nimitz Glacier and Splettstoesser Glacier, and merges into the larger Rutford Ice Stream at the eastern margin of the Ellsworth Mountains.

Minnesota Glacier
Location of Ellsworth Mountains in Western Antarctica
Map showing the location of Minnesota Glacier
Map showing the location of Minnesota Glacier
Location of Minnesota Glacier in Antarctica
LocationEllsworth Land
Coordinates79°00′00″S 83°00′00″W / 79.00000°S 83.00000°W / -79.00000; -83.00000
Length40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi)
Width5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusRutford Ice Stream
Statusunknown
Map of Heritage Range and Minnesota Glacier.
Map of Sentinel Range with upper Minnesota Glacier and its northern tributaries.

The glacier was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, which sent research parties to the Ellsworth Mountains in 1961–62, 1962–63 and 1963–64.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ "Minnesota Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 23 October 2013.