Pettus Glacier
Appearance
Pettus Glacier | |
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Location of Pettus in Antarctica | |
Location | Trinity Peninsula |
Coordinates | 63°48′S 59°04′W / 63.800°S 59.067°W |
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) 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 Robert N. Pettus, aircraft pilot with Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1956-57.
See also
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 "Pettus Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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