Bunner Glacier

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The Bunner Glacier (74° 28'S 110° 40'W) is a glacier in the northeast part of Bear Peninsula, flowing to the sea along the southeast side of Gurnon Peninsula

Discovery and name

The glacier was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos taken during the years 1959–66. Bunner Glacier was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in honor of Sergeant Donald R. Bunner, a member of the U.S. Army Aviation Detachment in Antarctica during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1965 and 1966.