Embree Glacier
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Embree Glacier is a 20 mi long glacier in the north-central part of Sentinel Range
Sentinel Range
The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range trends NNW-SSE for about and is 24 to 48 km wide...

, Ellsworth Mountains
Ellsworth Mountains
The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf. They are bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the northern Sentinel Range and the southern Heritage...

, draining the eastern slopes of Mount Hale
Mount Hale
Mount Hale is the name of more than one mountain, including:* A peak in the Sentinel Range in Antartica* Mount Hale in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, USA....

, Mount Davis and Mount Bentley, the northeast slopes of Mount Anderson
Mount Anderson (Antarctica)
Mount Anderson is a high mountain in the northern part of the Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. Probuda Ridge is trending northeast of the peak, and Ellen Glacier and Embree Glacier drain its eastern and northeastern slopes respectively...

, and the northwestern slopes of Probuda Ridge
Probuda Ridge
Probuda Ridge is the long and wide side ridge descending from Mount Anderson north-northeastwards towards Mount Todd in north-central Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The ridge features Eyer Peak , Mount Press and Mount Todd , and surmounts Embree Glacier to the west and...

, flowing north-northeastwards and north of Mount Schmid turning east to join Rutford Ice Stream
Rutford Ice Stream
Rutford Ice Stream is a major Antarctic ice stream, about 180 miles long and over 15 miles wide, which drains southeastward between the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains and Fletcher Ice Rise into the southwest part of Ronne Ice Shelf...

 east of Mount Tegge
Mount Tegge
Mount Tegge is an isolated mountain mass located at the mouth of Embree Glacier, on the east side of the Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for...

. Named by the US-ACAN for Maj. Henry Embree, USAF, who participated in the establishment of the South Pole Station in 1956.

Location

Embree Glacier is centred at 77°59′00"S 85°10′00"W. US mapping in 1961, updated in 1988.

Maps

  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
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