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Crosswell Glacier

Coordinates: 78°17′S 85°24′W / 78.283°S 85.400°W / -78.283; -85.400
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Location of Vinson Massif in Western Antarctica.
Central and southern Sentinel Range map.

Crosswell Glacier (78°17′S 85°24′W / 78.283°S 85.400°W / -78.283; -85.400) is a glacier 10 nautical miles (19 km) long, flowing north-northeast from Mount Shinn between Sullivan Heights and Bearskin Ridge, in the central part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. Together with Patton and Pulpudeva Glaciers, it enters Ellen Glacier northwest of Mamarchev Peak and southeast of Mount Jumper.

The glacier was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1957–59, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Colonel Horace A. Crosswell, United States Air Force, leader of C-124 Globemaster air drops in establishing the scientific station at the South Pole in the 1956–57 season.[1]

Tributary glaciers

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

  1. ^ "Crosswell Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-12-06.

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


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