Glover Cirque (77°30′S 161°5′E / 77.500°S 161.083°E / -77.500; 161.083) is a cirque occupied by a glacier in the south part of the Mount Boreas massif; the cirque is bounded on the northeast side by a ridge connecting Mount Boreas and Mount Thrace. It was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (2004) after Robert P. Glover, cartographer, Geography Discipline, U.S. Geological Survey; five field seasons in Antarctica up to 2003–04.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Glover Cirque". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-26.

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