Rayner Glacier is a prominent glacier about 19 kilometers wide that flows north to the coast of Enderby Land in East Antarctica, just west of Condon Hills. It was sighted in October 1956 by Squadron Leader D. Leckie during an ANARE flight in a Beaver aircraft, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for J. M. Rayner, Director of the Bureau of Mineral Resources in the Australian Department of National Development. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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Rayner Glacier -68.0 48.5 Antarctica glacier(s)
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1. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
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It designates Antarctica as a “natural reserve, devoted to peace and science” (Art. 2).
Rayner Glacier (Wikipedia)
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Rayner Glacier (67°40′S 48°25′E) is a prominent glacier, 19 kilometres (10 nmi) wide, flowing north to the coast of Enderby Land just west of Condon Hills.
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