Highton Glacier

Highton Glacier
Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands
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Location	Clarence Island South Shetland Islands
Coordinates	61°14′S 54°03′W / 61.233°S 54.050°W / -61.233; -54.050
Thickness	unknown
Status	unknown

Highton Glacier (61°14′S 54°3′W / 61.233°S 54.050°W / -61.233; -54.050Coordinates: 61°14′S 54°3′W / 61.233°S 54.050°W / -61.233; -54.050) is a glacier on the east coast of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, south of Sugarloaf Island, flowing northeast to the sea. Called "Stamina Glacier" from the stamina needed to cross it by the Joint Services Expedition to the Elephant Island Group, 1976–77, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1980 after Commander John E. Highton, Royal Navy, Deputy Leader of the expedition and in charge of the group on Clarence Island.^[1]

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

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