Anderson Icefalls

Pitkevitch Glacier () is a

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, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, flowing north from the

Admiralty Mountains The Admiralty Mountains (alternatively Admiralty Range) is a large group of high mountains and individually named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land, Antarctica. This mountain group is bounded by the Ross Sea, the Southern Ocean, and ...

along the west side of

DuBridge Range DuBridge Range () is a mountain range, over 20 nautical miles (37 km) long in the Admiralty Mountains. The range trends southwest–northeast between Pitkevitch Glacier and Shipley Glacier and terminates at the north coast of Victoria Land jus ...

. The glacier reaches the sea just east of

Atkinson Cliffs Atkinson Cliffs () are high coastal cliffs, long, between the lower ends of Fendley Glacier and Pitkevitch Glacier on the north coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. They were mapped in 1911 by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition ...

, where it forms Anderson Icefalls. A portion of the terminus merges northwestward with Fendley Glacier. Mapped by

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(USGS) from surveys and

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air photos, 1960–63. Named by

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(US-ACAN) for

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, Leonard M. Pitkevitch,

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(USAF), who perished in the crash of a C-124 Globemaster aircraft in this vicinity in 1958. Glaciers of Pennell Coast {{PennellCoast-glacier-stub