Frankenfield Glacier
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Location | Ellsworth Land |
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Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Bellingshausen Sea |
Status | unknown |
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Frankenfield Glacier ( WikiMiniAtlas
71°52′S 98°13′W / 71.867°S 98.217°W / -71.867; -98.217) is a small glacier in the northeast part of Noville Peninsula, Thurston Island, in Antarctica. It flows east-northeast to the Bellingshausen Sea between Mount Feury and Mulroy Island. The glacier was first roughly delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant , a meteorologist on the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition, who established an automated weather station on Thurston Island in February 1960.[1]
See also[]
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
Maps[]
- Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References[]
- ^ "Frankenfield Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Frankenfield Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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