Savage Glacier

Savage Glacier
Map of Thurston Island
Location of Savage Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	72°28′00″S 96°09′00″W / 72.46667°S 96.15000°W / -72.46667; -96.15000
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Seraph Bay
Status	unknown

Satellite image of Thurston Island

Savage Glacier (72°28′S 96°9′W / 72.467°S 96.150°W / -72.467; -96.150Coordinates: 72°28′S 96°9′W / 72.467°S 96.150°W / -72.467; -96.150) is a glacier at the east end of Thurston Island, lying south of Tierney Peninsula and flowing east to Seraph Bay. The glacier was discovered on helicopter flights from the USS Glacier and Burton Island by personnel of the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier for Lieutenant John Savage, U.S. Navy, dental officer aboard the Glacier, who assisted in establishing geodetic control points in the area.^[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), 1993–2016.

References

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