The Butler Glacier () is a broad glacier draining the north side of

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in the vicinity of Clark Peak, and flowing generally northeastward through the

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to its terminus in

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Mapping and name

The Butler Glacier was mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and from

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air photographs (1959–65). It was named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant F.M. Butler, United States Navy, expedition navigator in charge of all navigation watch sections on during the exploration of this area in January 1962.

Location

Butler Glacier flow from west to east through the

from a saddle it shares with Richter Glacier, which flows northwest. It is joined from the south by Larson Glacier, which flows from

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from a saddle with Blades Glacier. Towards its mouth it is joined from the south by Dalton Glacier. The combined streams flow north between the

White Islands Sulzberger Bay () is a bay indenting the front of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf between Fisher Island and Vollmer Island, along the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location Sulzberger Bay is on the Southern Ocean coast of Marie Byrd Land. ...

and

Reeves Peninsula Sulzberger Bay () is a bay indenting the front of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf between Fisher Island and Vollmer Island, along the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location Sulzberger Bay is on the Southern Ocean coast of Marie Byrd Land. ...

to enter

Tributaries

Larson Glacier

. A tributary glacier that drains northwest from La Gorce Peak in the Alexandra Mountains and enters the south side of Butler Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-AC AN for helicopter pilot Lieutenant Commander Conrad S. Larson, United States Navy, officer in charge of the helicopter detachment aboard the icebreaker ''Eastwind'' during

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, 1955-56.

Dalton Glacier

. A broad glacier on the east side of the Alexandra Mountains on Edward VII Peninsula, flowing northward into Butler Glacier just south of Sulzberger Bay. Mapped from surveys by the USGS and United States Navy air photos (1959-65). Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Brian C. Dalton, MC, United States Navy, officer in charge at Byrd Station, 1957.

Blades Glacier

. A glacier flowing east from the snow-covered saddle just north of La Gorce Peak, Alexandra Mountains. It merges with Dalton Glacier on the north side of Edward VII Peninsula. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for William Robert Blades who served as navigator during United States Navy

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(1946-47) and Operation Deep Freeze (1955-59).

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