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Dinsmoor Glacier
Dinsmoor
Glacier
is a
glacier
flowing
from the south
edge
of
Detroit Plateau
on
Nordenskjöld Coast
,
Graham Land
in
Antarctica
. It drains eastwards between
Darzalas Peak
and
Mount Elliott
to enter
Mundraga Bay
. Mapped from surveys by
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
. Named by
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
for
Charles Dinsmoor
of
Warren, PA
, who
invented
the
endless
tracking
"vehicle" in
1886
, a forerunner of the modern
continuous track
and
tracked vehicles
. It was first manufactured
commercially
by
Holt Manufacturing Company
of
Stockton, California
in 1906.