Walk Glacier
Map showing the location of Walk Glacier
Map showing the location of Walk Glacier
Location of Walk Glacier in Antarctica
LocationEllsworth Land
Coordinates73°38′00″S 94°18′00″W / 73.63333°S 94.30000°W / -73.63333; -94.30000
Thicknessunknown
Statusunknown

Walk Glacier (73°38′S 94°18′W / 73.633°S 94.300°W / -73.633; -94.300) 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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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Walk Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 


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