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Alley Glacier
The
Alley
Glacier
is a
glacier
in
Antarctica
that drains
the north
slopes
of
Britannia Range
in the vicinity of
Ward Tower
and flows
north
to
Darwin Glacier
. It is separated from
Gaussiran Glacier
by
a series
of large rock buttresses, including
Robertson Buttress
.
It was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
after
Richard Alley
of the Department of
Geosciences
,
Pennsylvania State University
, a
United States Antarctic Program
glaciologist
who specialized in the study of
ice streams
of the
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
.