Kannheiser Glacier

Kannheiser Glacier
Map of Thurston Island
Location of Kannheiser Glacier in Antarctica
Type	tributary
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	72°10′00″S 101°42′00″W / 72.16667°S 101.70000°W / -72.16667; -101.70000
Length	4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Abbot Ice Shelf
Status	unknown

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Kannheiser Glacier (72°10′S 101°42′W / 72.167°S 101.700°W / -72.167; -101.700Coordinates: 72°10′S 101°42′W / 72.167°S 101.700°W / -72.167; -101.700) is a glacier about 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, lying 12 nautical miles (22 km) east-southeast of Cape Flying Fish on Thurston Island, Antarctica, and flowing south into the Abbot Ice Shelf. It was first delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander William Kannheiser, U.S. Navy, a helicopter pilot aboard USS Glacier, who explored and photographed new Thurston Island features in February 1960.^[1]

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Maps

• Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

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