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Goodspeed Glacier


Goodspeed Glacier (77°30′S 162°29′E / 77.500°S 162.483°E / -77.500; 162.483Coordinates: 77°30′S 162°29′E / 77.500°S 162.483°E / -77.500; 162.483) is a small hanging glacier on the south wall of Wright Valley in Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Hart Glacier and Denton Glacier. It was named by U.S. geologist Robert Nichols after Robert Goodspeed, geological assistant to Nichols at nearby Marble Point in the 1959–60 field season.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Goodspeed Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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