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Aster Glacier

Coordinates: 78°35′S 85°0′W / 78.583°S 85.000°W / -78.583; -85.000
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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Central and southern Sentinel Range map.

Aster Glacier (78°35′S 85°0′W / 78.583°S 85.000°W / -78.583; -85.000) is an Antarctic glacier descending the east slope of Craddock Massif and flowing between Elfring Peak and Willis Ridge into Thomas Glacier in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2006, after Richard C. Aster, Professor of Geophysics and Department Head of Geosciences at Colorado State University, whose research has included volcanological studies at the Mount Erebus volcano observatory on Ross Island, glaciological, ocean, and tectonic seismic source research, and seismological, tectonic, and structural studies of Antarctica.

See also

Maps

  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Aster Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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