Pettus Glacier

Pettus Glacier
Location of Trinity Peninsula in the Antarctic Peninsula
Map showing the location of Pettus Glacier
Location of Pettus in Antarctica
Location Trinity Peninsula
Coordinates 63°48′S 59°04′W / 63.800°S 59.067°W / -63.800; -59.067
Length 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Gavin Ice Piedmont
Status unknown

Pettus Glacier (63°48′S 59°4′W / 63.800°S 59.067°W / -63.800; -59.067Coordinates: 63°48′S 59°4′W / 63.800°S 59.067°W / -63.800; -59.067) is a narrow deeply entrenched glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, which flows north from Ebony Wall into Gavin Ice Piedmont between Poynter Hill and Tinsel Dome, Trinity Peninsula. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Robert N. Pettus, aircraft pilot with Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1956-57.

See also

Map

  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References


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