page_title: Rush Glacier
hierarchical_section_title: Rush Glacier
caption_attribution_description: English: Location of Brabant Island, Antarctica.
context_page_description: Rush Glacier is a glacier in Antarctica. Situated in southern Brabant Island, it is 4 nautical miles long, draining the northwest slopes of Solvay Mountains and flowing west between Mount Aciar and Mount Sarnegor into the Buragara Cove of Dallmann Bay in the Palmer Archipelago. It was shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. It was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. The glacier was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Benjamin Rush, a noted American physician and philanthropist, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence.
context_section_description: Rush Glacier (64°23′S 62°37′W) is a glacier in Antarctica. Situated in southern Brabant Island, it is 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, draining the northwest slopes of Solvay Mountains and flowing west between Mount Aciar and Mount Sarnegor into the Buragara Cove of Dallmann Bay in the Palmer Archipelago. It was shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. It was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. The glacier was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Benjamin Rush (1745–1813), a noted American physician and philanthropist, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence.
caption: Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
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