Haynes Glacier

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Graphic showing the relative location of four glaciers on the Walgreen Coast of Westarctica

Haynes Glacier (75°25′S 109°30′WCoordinates: 75°25′S 109°30′W) is a broad glacier flowing to the Walgreen Coast of Westarctica, to the east of Mount Murphy.

Discovery and name

It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Major John W. Haynes, United States Marine Corps, an aircraft pilot on Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968, who made a photographic flight over this glacier on January 1, 1967.