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Schmidt Glacier (Antarctica)
Schmidt
Glacier
is a
glacier
, long, in the
Pioneer Heights
of the
Heritage Range
, Ellsworth
Mountains in Antarctica
. The glacier originates near
Hall Peak
and
drains
north
along the
west side
of
Thompson Escarpment
and
Gross Hills
to coalesce with the
lower
part of
Splettstoesser Glacier
, north of
Mount Virginia
. It was named by the
University of Minnesota
Ellsworth Mountains
Party
, 1961–62, for
Paul G
. Schmidt,
geologist
with the
party
.