Pettus Glacier

Pettus Glacier
Location of Trinity Peninsula in the Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Pettus in Antarctica
Location	Trinity Peninsula
Coordinates	63°48′S 59°04′W / 63.800°S 59.067°W / -63.800; -59.067
Length	9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Gavin Ice Piedmont
Status	unknown

Pettus Glacier (

63°48′S 59°4′W / 63.800°S 59.067°W / -63.800; -59.067Coordinates: 63°48′S 59°4′W / 63.800°S 59.067°W / -63.800; -59.067) is a narrow deeply entrenched glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, which flows north from Ebony Wall into Gavin Ice Piedmont between Poynter Hill and Tinsel Dome, Trinity Peninsula. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for , aircraft pilot with Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1956–57.

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Map[]

• Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References[]

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Pettus Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 

External links[]

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer