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Goodell Glacier

Coordinates:72°55′S88°30′W/ 72.917°S 88.500°W/-72.917; -88.500
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Goodell Glacier
Map showing the location of Goodell Glacier
Map showing the location of Goodell Glacier
Location of Goodell Glacier inAntarctica
LocationEllsworth Land
Coordinates72°55′00″S88°30′00″W/ 72.91667°S 88.50000°W/-72.91667; -88.50000
Length5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusWilliams Ice Stream
Statusunknown

Goodell Glacier(72°55′S88°30′W/ 72.917°S 88.500°W/-72.917; -88.500) is aglacierabout 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) long flowing east and north fromFletcher Peninsulainto theWilliams Ice Stream,Antarctica. It was named by theAdvisory Committee on Antarctic NamesafterJanice G. Goodellof theUnited States Geological Survey,Woods Hole, Massachusetts,a support member of the Glacier Studies Project Team from the early 1990s onwards.[1]

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  1. ^"Goodell Glacier".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey,United States Department of the Interior.Retrieved29 April2012.