The Hull Glacier () is a glacier, about long, flowing northwest between

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and Mount Gray into

Hull Bay Hull Bay () is an ice-filled bay, about wide, fed by Hull Glacier, which descends into it between Lynch Point and Cape Burks, on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovery and name Hull Bay was discovered by the United States Antarctic ...

, in

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, Antarctica.

Discovery and name

The Hull Glacier was discovered by the

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(USAS; 1939–41) and was named for

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, the

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Location

The Hull Glacier flows in a northwest direction to

on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. It passes Smoot Rock, Frost Cliff and Mount Steinfeld, which lie to the north. West of Mount Steinfeld it is joined from the right by Kirkpatrick Glacier, which flows down from Strawn Pass to the south of

McDonald Heights The McDonald Heights () are broad, mainly snow-covered heights about long and rising over between Cape Burks and Morris Head on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The heights are bounded southward by Hull Glacier, Kirkpatrick Glacier a ...

. The combined glacier flows past the

Erickson Bluffs The McDonald Heights () are broad, mainly snow-covered heights about long and rising over between Cape Burks and Morris Head on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The heights are bounded southward by Hull Glacier, Kirkpatrick Glacier a ...

, which lie to the northeast, and is joined from the left by Rubey Glacier. It passes Miller Spur on the southeast and enters Hull Bay just east of Lynch Point.

Features

Smoot Rock

. An isolated rock lying eastward of the head of Hull Glacier, about east-southeast of Mount Steinfeld. Mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-69. Named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) for Henry T. Smoot, meteorologist at Byrd Station, 1969-70.

Frost Cliff

. A steep, partly ice-covered cliff east of Mount Steinfeld, on the south side of the divide between the upper reaches of Hull Glacier and Kirkpatrick Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Commander William L. Frost, United States Navy, Officer-in-Charge of Antarctic Support Activities at

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, 1970.

Mount Steinfeld

. A mountain high at the west end of an ice-covered ridge that overlooks the confluence of Hull Glacier and Kirkpatrick Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Edward F. Steinfeld, Jr., USARP meteorologist at

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, 1962.

Kirkpatrick Glacier

. A tributary glacier about long, flowing west along the south side of McDonald Heights to enter the east side of Hull Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Commander Thomas W. Kirkpatrick, USCG, Ship Operations Officer, United States Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during

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1972 and 1973.

Strawn Pass

. A broad pass on the south side of McDonald Heights that connects the heads of Kirkpatrick Glacier and Johnson Glacier, in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-69. Named by US-ACAN for Lawrence W. Strawn, glaciologist at Byrd Station, 1967-68.

Rubey Glacier

. A broad, heavily crevassed glacier flowing north to coalesce with the west side of Hull Glacier eastward of Mount Giles. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Captain Ervin B. Rubey, United States Navy, Commander of Antarctic Support Activities at McMurdo Station, summer 1969-70.

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