title: Balchen Glacier
text: # Balchen Glacier
  
  Balchen Glacier (76°23′S 145°10′W﻿ / ﻿76.383°S 145.167°W﻿ / -76.383; -145.167) is a crevassed glacier in Antarctica, flowing west to Block Bay between the Phillips Mountains and the Fosdick Mountains in Marie Byrd Land. It was discovered on December 5, 1929, by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition and named by Richard E. Byrd for Bernt Balchen, chief pilot of the expedition.
  
  