Litz Glacier

Litz Glacier
Map of Thurston Island
Location of Litz Glacierin Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	72°07′00″S 99°04′00″W / 72.11667°S 99.06667°W / -72.11667; -99.06667
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Peale Inlet
Status	unknown

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Litz Glacier (72°7′S 99°4′W / 72.117°S 99.067°W / -72.117; -99.067Coordinates: 72°7′S 99°4′W / 72.117°S 99.067°W / -72.117; -99.067) is a glacier flowing northeast from the vicinity of Smith Peak and Litz Bluff in north-central Thurston Island, Antarctica. The glacier enters the west part of Peale Inlet north of the Guy Peaks. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after A.K. Litz, Chief Photographer's Mate in the Eastern Group of Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of this glacier and adjacent coastal areas, 1946–47.^[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 "Litz Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).