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Severinghaus Glacier
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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
Map showing the location of Severinghaus Glacier
Map showing the location of Severinghaus Glacier
Location in Antarctica
Type tributary
Location Ellsworth Land
Coordinates 78°40′00″S 85°15′00″W / 78.66667°S 85.25000°W / -78.66667; -85.25000
Thickness unknown
Terminus Bender Glacier
Status unknown
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Sentinel Range map.

Severinghaus Glacier (78°40′S 85°15′W / 78.667°S 85.250°W / -78.667; -85.250) is a glacier flowing southwestward from Karnare Col along the north side of Mount Strybing and the south side of Mount Craddock into Bender Glacier in southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. Named by the US-ACAN (2006) after Jeffrey P. Severinghaus, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography; USAP researcher from 1996 on the history of the atmosphere, including greenhouse gases, and history of climate changes, using the ice core record.

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