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Rochray Glacier

Coordinates: 72°11′S 101°10′W / 72.183°S 101.167°W / -72.183; -101.167
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Map of Thurston Island.
Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Rochray Glacier (72°11′S 101°10′W / 72.183°S 101.167°W / -72.183; -101.167) is a glacier about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, located just east of Hendersin Knob on Thurston Island and flowing south to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. First delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) Samuel Rochray, U.S. Navy, helicopter pilot on USS Glacier in February 1960, who made several flights in which new parts of Thurston Island were discovered.

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