Lucchitta Glacier

Lucchitta Glacier
West Antarctica
Location of Lucchitta Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	74°24′00″S 99°56′00″W / 74.40000°S 99.93333°W / -74.40000; -99.93333
Length	20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Pine Island Bay
Status	unknown

Lucchitta Glacier (74°24′S 99°56′W / 74.400°S 99.933°W / -74.400; -99.933Coordinates: 74°24′S 99°56′W / 74.400°S 99.933°W / -74.400; -99.933) is a glacier about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long flowing south from the Hudson Mountains of Antarctica into Pine Island Bay. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after geologist Baerbel K. Lucchitta of the United States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona, a specialist in the use of satellite imagery for geological and glaciological studies from the early 1980s to the early 2000s (decade), and one of the pioneers in the use of imagery for glacier velocity measurements in Antarctica.^[1]

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

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