Sessums Glacier

Sessums Glacier
Map of Thurston Island
Location of Sessums Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	72°00′00″S 100°33′00″W / 72.00000°S 100.55000°W / -72.00000; -100.55000
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Henry Inlet
Status	unknown

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Sessums Glacier (72°0′S 100°33′W / 72.000°S 100.550°W / -72.000; -100.550Coordinates: 72°0′S 100°33′W / 72.000°S 100.550°W / -72.000; -100.550) is a glacier flowing into the head of Henry Inlet on the north side of Thurston Island.

It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after US Navy Lieutenant Commander Walter Sessums. Sessums was a helicopter pilot in the Eastern Group of Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas over the Antarctic summer of 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 "Sessums Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).