Anandakrishnan Glacier

Anandakrishnan Glacier (75°32′S 140°5′W / 75.533°S 140.083°W / -75.533; -140.083Coordinates: 75°32′S 140°5′W / 75.533°S 140.083°W / -75.533; -140.083) is a glacier about 15 nautical miles (30 km) long draining through the Ruppert Coast north of Strauss Glacier in Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Sridhar Anandakrishnan, a Penn State University geophysicist, whose glaciological interests focused on Antarctic ice sheet studies, ice stream migration, time-series investigations, and Antarctic tectonics.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Anandakrishnan Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-05-10.

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