Walk Glacier
Walk Glacier (73°38′S 94°18′W / 73.633°S 94.300°WCoordinates: 73°38′S 94°18′W / 73.633°S 94.300°W) is a glacier descending westward from Christoffersen Heights, to the south of Forbidden Rocks, in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Donald R. Walk, U.S. Navy, medical officer and officer in charge of Byrd Station, 1961.
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