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Underwood Glacier

Coordinates: 66°35′S 108°0′E / 66.583°S 108.000°E / -66.583; 108.000
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Underwood Glacier
Map of Antarctica, with Wilkes Land slightly to the right
Map showing the location of Underwood Glacier
Map showing the location of Underwood Glacier
Location of Underwood Glacier in Antarctica
Typechannel
LocationWilkes Land
Coordinates66°35′00″S 108°00′00″E / 66.58333°S 108.00000°E / -66.58333; 108.00000
Length15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
Thicknessunknown
Terminusbetween Reist Rocks and Cape Nutt
Statusunknown

Underwood Glacier (66°35′S 108°0′E / 66.583°S 108.000°E / -66.583; 108.000) is a channel glacier in Wilkes Land, Antarctica about 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) long, flowing to the Antarctic coast between Reist Rocks and Cape Nutt. It was mapped in 1955 by G. D. Blodgett from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1947 and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Thomas Joseph Underwood, Jr., USMC, who served on the sloop Vincennes of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes.

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