Cooke Glacier
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Not to be confused with Cook Ice Cap or Cook Glacier (South Georgia).
Cooke Glacier | |
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Location of Cooke Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Ellsworth Land |
Coordinates | 72°44′S 88°34′W / 72.733°S 88.567°W / -72.733; -88.567 |
Length | 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Fletcher Peninsula |
Status | unknown |
Cooke Glacier ( WikiMiniAtlas72°44′S 88°34′W / 72.733°S 88.567°W / -72.733; -88.567Coordinates: 72°44′S 88°34′W / 72.733°S 88.567°W / -72.733; -88.567) is a glacier about 6 nautical miles (11 km) long flowing north from the northern end of the Fletcher Peninsula. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after , of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole, Massachusetts, a computer graphics specialist from the mid-1990s onwards for the USGS project that is compiling the Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers and 25 Glaciological and Coastal-Change Maps of Antarctica.[1]
See also[]
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
References[]
- ^ "Cooke Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Cooke Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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