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Rennell Glacier facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Rennell Glacier |
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Location of Heritage Range in Western Antarctica
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| Type | tributary |
| Location | Ellsworth Land |
| Coordinates | 79°23′00″S 84°12′00″W / 79.38333°S 84.20000°W |
| Length | 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Splettstoesser Glacier |
| Status | unknown |
Rennell Glacier (79°23′S 84°12′W / 79.383°S 84.200°WCoordinates: 79°23′S 84°12′W / 79.383°S 84.200°W) is a glacier, 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) long, in the Pioneer Heights, Heritage Range. It drains northwest, to the east of Inferno Ridge, to join Splettstoesser Glacier. Named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party to these mountains, 1963–64, for K.P. Rennell, biologist with the party.