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Savage Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

Savage Glacier lies at the east end of Thurston Island, Antarctica, south of the Tierney Peninsula, and flows east to Seraph Bay. It was discovered during helicopter flights from the USS Glacier and the USS Burton Island by personnel of the United States Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960, and was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant John Savage, a United States Navy dental officer aboard the Glacier who assisted in establishing geodetic control points in the area. 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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Glaciation, Processes

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.

Source Wikidata: Savage Glacier

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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.

Source Wikidata: Savage Glacier
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Glaciers on Thurston Island (Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Savage Glacier
Wikidata Q7427719, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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