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Hudman Glacier
Hudman Glacier
is a
glacier
draining south of
Mount Landolt
between
Marze Peak
and
Miller Peak
in
Petvar Heights
at
the south
end of the
Sentinel Range
, in the
Ellsworth Mountains
of
Antarctica
, flowing
south-southeast
to
Minnesota Glacier
. It was mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
from surveys and U.S. Navy air
photos
, 1957–59, and was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for Captain Rayburn A. Hudman,
United States Marine Corps
, who died in the crash of a Lockheed
P2V-2n Neptune, modified for extreme range, flying in sub zero temperatures and Ski equipped
for landing on the Ice runways at
McMurdo Sound
Antarctica on
October 18
, 1956.
Maps
Scale
1:250
000
topographic map
. Reston, Virginia:
US Geological Survey
,
1988
.
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. Since 1993, regularly updated.