Suvorov Glacier () is a glacier, wide, flowing east from the Wilson Hills and discharging into the sea south of Northrup Head and Belousov Point. The glacier was mapped by the

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, 1958, and named after V.S. Suvorov, Soviet mechanic who perished in the Arctic.

Location

The Suvorov Glacier forms in the Wilson Hills and flows east to the

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, Mount Ellery, the Hornblende Bluffs, Heth Ridge and Mount Send are to the west. To the north, near its mouth, it passes Northrup Head, Whited Inlet and Belousov Point on the Anderson Peninsula.

Features

Hornblende Bluffs

. Prominent bluffs that rise to high, located southeast of Mount Ellery and near the head of Suvorov Glacier, in Wilson Hills. So named by the northern party of

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(NZGSAE), 1963-64, who found the rock here contains the mineral hornblende.

Heth Ridge

. A ridge long, located south of Hornblende Bluffs and near the head of Suvorov Glacier, in the Wilson Hills. Mapped by

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(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by United States

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(US-ACAN) for Samuel R. Heth,

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(USARP) biologist at

Hallett Station Cape Hallett is a snow-free area (Antarctic oasis) on the northern tip of the Hallett Peninsula on the Ross Sea coast of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Cape Adare lies to the north. History In 1956, during Operation Deep Freeze II, was dama ...

, 1968-69.

Northrup Head

. An ice-covered headland on the north side of Suvorov Glacier. The headland, a coastal extension of the Wilson Hills, stands west-southwest of Belousov Point. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for David A. Northrup, ATN2, United States Navy, Aviation Electronics Technician with Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station, 1967.

Whited Inlet

. An ice-filled inlet along the coast between Northrup Head and Anderson Peninsula. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Master Chief Quartermaster Robert J. Whited, United States Navy, Leading Chief for the staff and a member of Operations Division responsible for maintaining and updating charts for Task Force 43 during Operation Deep Freeze 1968 and 1969.

Anderson Peninsula

. Low ice-covered peninsula, long, terminating in Belousov Point. The feature lies between Gillett Ice Shelf and Suvorov Glacier on the coastal margin of the Wilson Hills. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant (later Captain) Richard E. Anderson, CEC, United States Navy, base public works officer at McMurdo Sound during Operation Deep Freeze I and II. He wintered over in the McMurdo area during the latter operation, 1957.

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