Chavez Glacier facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Chavez Glacier
Location of Chavez Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	73°55′S 101°15′W
Length	10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Cranton Bay
Status	unknown

Chavez Glacier (73°55′S 101°15′W) is a glacier about 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) long flowing south from Canisteo Peninsula into Cranton Bay. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Pat Chavez of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Flagstaff, Arizona, co-leader of the USGS team that compiled the 1:5,000,000-scale Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer maps of Antarctica in the 1990s.