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Glacier in Antarctica

Withrow Glacier
Location of King Edward VII Land (marked in orange) within the Ross Dependency
Location of Withrow Glacier in Antarctica
Location	King Edward VII Land
Coordinates	77°24′S 156°25′W / 77.400°S 156.417°W / -77.400; -156.417
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Bartlett Inlet
Status	unknown

Withrow Glacier (77°24′S 156°25′W / 77.400°S 156.417°W / -77.400; -156.417) is a glacier on Edward VII Peninsula, flowing northwest into Bartlett Inlet just east of Cape Colbeck. Mapped from surveys by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Navy air photos (1959–65). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander W.H. Withrow, U.S. Navy, of the staff of the Commander, Naval Support Force, Antarctica, who was officer in charge of Detachment One at Christchurch, New Zealand, 1965–66.

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Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Nunatak P-form Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Suncup Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glaciofluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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