The Greenwell Glacier is a major tributary glacier, 45 miles (72 km) long, draining northwest between the Mirabito Range and the Everett Range to enter Lillie Glacier below Mount Works, in northwest Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander Martin D. Greenwell, U.S. Navy, Commander of Antarctic Squadron Six (VX-6), 1961–62.
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