Zinberg Glacier | |
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![]() Map of Thurston Island. | |
Location of Zinberg Glacier in
Antarctica | |
Location |
Thurston Island Ellsworth Land |
Coordinates | 72°21′00″S 96°4′00″W / 72.35000°S 96.06667°W |
Thickness | unknown |
Status | unknown |
Zinberg Glacier ( 72°21′S 96°4′W / 72.350°S 96.067°W) is a glacier in east Thurston Island; it flows east-northeast into Morgan Inlet between Tierney Peninsula and the promontory ending in Ryan Point. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Cpl. E. Zinberg, U.S. Army photographer in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946–47.
This article incorporates
public domain material from
"Zinberg Glacier".
Geographic Names Information System.
United States Geological Survey.
Zinberg Glacier | |
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![]() Map of Thurston Island. | |
Location of Zinberg Glacier in
Antarctica | |
Location |
Thurston Island Ellsworth Land |
Coordinates | 72°21′00″S 96°4′00″W / 72.35000°S 96.06667°W |
Thickness | unknown |
Status | unknown |
Zinberg Glacier ( 72°21′S 96°4′W / 72.350°S 96.067°W) is a glacier in east Thurston Island; it flows east-northeast into Morgan Inlet between Tierney Peninsula and the promontory ending in Ryan Point. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Cpl. E. Zinberg, U.S. Army photographer in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946–47.
This article incorporates
public domain material from
"Zinberg Glacier".
Geographic Names Information System.
United States Geological Survey.