Arthur Glacier
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Arthur Glacier is a valley glacier about 25 miles (40.2 km) long, flowing west to Sulzberger Ice Shelf between the Swanson Mountains
Swanson Mountains
Swanson Mountains is a mountain range 8 nautical miles long, standing 6 nautical miles southeast of Saunders Mountain in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered on aerial flights by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1934 and named for the Hon. Claude A. Swanson, Secretary of the...

 on the north and Mount Rea and Mount Cooper on the south, in the Ford Ranges
Ford Ranges
The Ford Ranges is a grouping of mountain ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica...

 of Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...

. It was discovered by members of West Base of the United States Antarctic Service, in aerial flights and from ground surveys in November–December 1940. It was named by US-SCAN for Rear Admiral Arthur C. Davis, U.S. Navy, a leader in aviation in the U.S. Navy.
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