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Hansen Glacier
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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
Map showing the location of Hansen Glacier
Map showing the location of Hansen Glacier
Location in Antarctica
Location Ellsworth Land
Coordinates 78°21′00″S 84°33′00″W / 78.35000°S 84.55000°W / -78.35000; -84.55000
Length 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Dater Glacier
Status unknown
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Sentinel Range map.

Hansen Glacier (78°21′S 84°33′W / 78.350°S 84.550°W / -78.350; -84.550) is a tributary glacier 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) long, flowing northeast from Mount Tuck between Veregava Ridge and Doyran Heights to join Dater Glacier west of Dickey Peak, in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957–59, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Herbert L. Hansen, a meteorologist at South Pole Station in 1957.

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