Mincer Glacier

Mincer Glacier
Map of Thurston Island
Location of Mincer Glacier in Antarctica
Type	tributary
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	72°10′00″S 97°55′00″W / 72.16667°S 97.91667°W / -72.16667; -97.91667
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Murphy Inlet
Status	unknown

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Mincer Glacier (72°10′S 97°55′W / 72.167°S 97.917°W / -72.167; -97.917Coordinates: 72°10′S 97°55′W / 72.167°S 97.917°W / -72.167; -97.917) is a broad glacier flowing from Zuhn Bluff into the southeast arm of Murphy Inlet on the north side of Thurston Island, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Lieutenant Dale F. Mincer, a co-pilot of PBM Mariner aircraft 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 "Mincer Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).