Strauss Glacier () is a glacier, long, flowing between the

Ickes Mountains The Ickes Mountains (, ) () are a series of coastal mountains that extend west from Strauss Glacier for in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovery and name The Ickes Mountains were discovered from aircraft of the United States Antarctic Servic ...

and Coulter Heights to enter the sea at the east side of

Land Bay Land Bay () is an ice-filled bay, about wide, indenting the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, just eastward of Groves Island. It was discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS; 1939–41), and takes its name from Land Glacier wh ...

Marie Byrd Land Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of , it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th centu ...

, Antarctica.

Mapping and name

The Strauss Glacier was mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and

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air photographs between 1959 and 1965. The naming was proposed to United States

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

(US-ACAN) by Admiral

Richard E. Byrd Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader cr ...

. It was named for

Lewis Strauss Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss ( ; January 31, 1896January 21, 1974) was an American government official, businessman, philanthropist, and naval officer. He was one of the original members of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1946 ...

, Chairman of the

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, 1953–58, longtime friend and advisor to Admiral Byrd who recommended that the Antarctic be used to demonstrate peaceful employment of atomic energy.

Location

The Strauss Glacier originates to the south of the Coulter Heights and flows west to enter

to the east of the mouth of

Land Glacier The Land Glacier () is a broad, heavily crevassed glacier, about long, descending into Land Bay in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41) and named for Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Chairm ...

and west of the mouth of the

Hull Glacier The Hull Glacier () is a glacier, about long, flowing northwest between Mount Giles and Mount Gray into Hull Bay, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovery and name The Hull Glacier was discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS; ...

. It passes the

to the south of its mouth. The Krigsvold Nunataks are at the head of the glacier. The Kinsey Ridge and Nichols Rock are in the glacier near its mouth.

Features

Krigsvold Nunataks

. A small cluster of isolated nunataks located directly at the head of Strauss Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN after Sergeant Alvin I. Krigsvold, United States Army, member of the Army-Navy Trail Party that blazed a trail from

Little America V Little America was a series of Antarctic exploration bases from 1929 to 1958, located on the Ross Ice Shelf, south of the Bay of Whales. They were built on ice that is moving very slowly, the relative location on the ice sheet, has moved and eventu ...

to establish

Byrd Station The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica. It was a year-round base until 1972, and then se ...

in 1956.

Kinsey Ridge

. A flat-topped, partly ice-covered ridge in the middle of Strauss Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for James H. Kinsey, USARP auroral scientist at Byrd Station, 1963.

Nichols Rock

. A rock on the west side of Kinsey Ridge, which lies in the middle of Strauss Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Clayton W. Nichols, geophysicist at Byrd Station, 1969-70.

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