Barnes Glacier

Location of Hemimont Plateau on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Barnes Glacier (67°32′S 66°25′W / 67.533°S 66.417°W / -67.533; -66.417Coordinates: 67°32′S 66°25′W / 67.533°S 66.417°W / -67.533; -66.417) is a glacier on the west side of Hemimont Plateau flowing west into Blind Bay on the west coast of Graham Land. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958 for Howard T. Barnes, Canadian physicist and pioneer of ice engineering.

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

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