Rignot Glacier

Rignot Glacier
Map of Thurston Island
Location of Rignot Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	73°06′00″S 102°00′00″W / 73.10000°S 102.00000°W / -73.10000; -102.00000
Length	4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Abbot Ice Shelf
Status	unknown

Satellite image of Thurston Island

Rignot Glacier (73°6′S 102°0′W / 73.100°S 102.000°W / -73.100; -102.000Coordinates: 73°6′S 102°0′W / 73.100°S 102.000°W / -73.100; -102.000) is a glacier about 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) long draining north from the King Peninsula into Abbot Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Eric Rignot, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, geophysicist; uses field and remotely sensed data to study Antarctic glacier mechanics from the 1990s to the present.

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

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Volcanic relations

Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glacifluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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