Pourquoi Pas Glacier

Pourquoi Pas Glacier
Map of Antarctica, with Wilkes Land slightly to the right
Location of Pourquoi Pas Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Wilkes Land
Coordinates	66°15′00″S 135°55′00″E / 66.25000°S 135.91667°E / -66.25000; 135.91667
Length	15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
Width	4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Pourquoi Pas Point
Status	unknown

Pourquoi Pas Glacier (66°15′S 135°55′E / 66.250°S 135.917°E / -66.250; 135.917Coordinates: 66°15′S 135°55′E / 66.250°S 135.917°E / -66.250; 135.917) is a glacier 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, flowing north-northwest from the continental ice and terminating in a prominent tongue 9 nautical miles (17 km) west-northwest of Pourquoi Pas Point. Delineated by French cartographers from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. Named in 1952 by the French Antarctic Sub-committee after the Pourquoi-Pas?, polar ship of the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10, later used by Charcot in expeditions to Greenland.

Pourquoi Pas Glacier Tongue (66°10′S 136°0′E / 66.167°S 136.000°E / -66.167; 136.000) is a prominent glacier tongue 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, extending seaward from Pourquoi Pas Glacier. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named for the French polar ship Pourquoi-Pas?.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

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