Robertson Glacier () is a tributary

glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such a ...

that flows south from

Anare Mountains The Anare Mountains () are a large group of mainly snow-covered peaks and ridges along the northern coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The group is bounded on the north and east by the Pacific Ocean, on the west by Lillie Glacier, and on the sout ...

and enters

Ebbe Glacier Ebbe Glacier () is a tributary glacier about long, draining northwest from the Homerun Range and the Robinson Heights, and then west-northwest between the Everett Range and the Anare Mountains into Lillie Glacier, Victoria Land, Antarctica ...

east of

Springtail Bluff Springtail Bluff () is the steep, south-facing bluff that borders the eastern half of Mount Hemphill, in the Anare Mountains. So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey An ...

. It was mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and

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aerial photography, 1960–63, and was named by the

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(US-ACAN) for John W. Robertson, photographer's mate with U.S. Navy Squadron

VX-6 Air Development Squadron Six (VX-6 or AIRDEVRON SIX, commonly referred to by its nickname, "puckered penguins") was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Established at Naval Air Station Patuxent River ...

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, 1967–68 and 1968–69.

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Glaciers of Pennell Coast {{PennellCoast-glacier-stub