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Reedy Glacier
Map showing the location of Reedy Glacier
Map showing the location of Reedy Glacier
Reedy Glacier
LocationMarie Byrd Land
Coordinates85°30′S 134°00′W / 85.500°S 134.000°W / -85.500; -134.000
Length100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi)
Width6 to 12 nautical miles (11 to 22 km; 6.9 to 13.8 mi)
TerminusRoss Ice Shelf

The Reedy Glacier (85°30′S 134°00′W / 85.500°S 134.000°W / -85.500; -134.000) is a major glacier in Antarctica, over 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) long and 6 to 12 nautical miles (11 to 22 km; 6.9 to 13.8 mi) wide, descending from the polar plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Michigan Plateau and Wisconsin Range in the Transantarctic Mountains. It marks the limits of the Queen Maud Mountains on the west and the Horlick Mountains on the east.[1]

  1. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 609.

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