Rexford Glacier

Rexford Glacier
Map of Thurston Island
Location of Rexford Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	72°05′00″S 100°04′00″W / 72.08333°S 100.06667°W / -72.08333; -100.06667
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Wagoner Inlet
Status	unknown

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Rexford Glacier (72°5′S 100°4′W / 72.083°S 100.067°W / -72.083; -100.067Coordinates: 72°5′S 100°4′W / 72.083°S 100.067°W / -72.083; -100.067) is a glacier flowing northeast into the head of Wagoner Inlet on the north side of Thurston Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Aviation Radioman Phillip W. Rexford, PBM Mariner aircrewman in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of this glacier and adjoining coastal areas, 1946-47.

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 "Rexford Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).