Warr Glacier

Map of Thurston Island.

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Warr Glacier (72°11′S 98°19′W / 72.183°S 98.317°W / -72.183; -98.317Coordinates: 72°11′S 98°19′W / 72.183°S 98.317°W / -72.183; -98.317) is a broad glacier flowing north into the southwest arm of Murphy Inlet, Thurston Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after William Warr, Aviation Machinist's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Warr and five others survived the December 30, 1946 crash of a PBM Mariner seaplane on adjacent Noville Peninsula.

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.

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

Glaciers in the Antarctic

Glaciers of Ellsworth Land

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