Mahaffey Glacier

Mahaffey Glacier
Map of Thurston Island
Location of Mahaffey Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	72°18′00″S 96°26′00″W / 72.30000°S 96.43333°W / -72.30000; -96.43333
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Morgan Inlet
Status	unknown

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Mahaffey Glacier (72°18′S 96°26′W / 72.300°S 96.433°W / -72.300; -96.433Coordinates: 72°18′S 96°26′W / 72.300°S 96.433°W / -72.300; -96.433) is a glacier flowing into the head of Morgan Inlet at the east end of Thurston Island, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after J.S. Mahaffey, a Photographer's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas in 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 "Mahaffey Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).