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 Map of Antarctica, with Wilkes Land slightly to the right | |
  Location of Bell Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Location | Wilkes Land |
| Coordinates | 66°42′00″S 124°54′00″E / 66.70000°S 124.90000°E / -66.70000; 124.90000 |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Maury Bay |
| Status | unknown |
Bell Glacier (66°42′S 124°54′E / 66.700°S 124.900°E / -66.700; 124.900) is a glacier draining northward into Maury Bay immediately eastward of Blair Glacier. It was mapped by G.D. Blodgett (1955) from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Thomas G. Bell, boatswain on the sloop Peacock during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes.
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This article incorporates public domain material from "Bell Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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