Velasco Glacier
| Velasco Glacier | |
|---|---|
  Location of Velasco Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Location | Walgreen Coast |
| Coordinates | 74°16′S 101°11′W / 74.267°S 101.183°W |
| Length | 5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Status | unknown |
Velasco Glacier (74°16′S 101°11′W / 74.267°S 101.183°W) is a glacier about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long flowing west from Walgreen Coast toward the Backer Islands. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Miguel G. Velasco, a United States Geological Survey (USGS) computer specialist, and part of the USGS team that compiled the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer 1:5,000,000-scale maps of Antarctica in the 1990s.
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This article incorporates public domain material from "Velasco Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.