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Branscomb Glacier
The Branscomb Glacier (78º32´S 86º05´W) is an Antarctic glacier, 9.5 km (6 mi) long, flowing west from the NW side of Vinson Massif (the highest point in Antarctica) into Nimitz Glacier, in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. The glacier was mapped by the USGS from surveys and USN aerial photographs between 1957 and 1960.
Named by US-ACAN after Lewis M. Branscomb, Chairman of the National Science Board from 1982 to 1984.
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