Acosta Glacier

Acosta Glacier (71°58′S 100°55′W) is a glacier about 2 miles (3 km) long flowing north from Thurston Island just east of Dyer Point in Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Alex V. Acosta of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in Flagstaff, Arizona. He is a computer and graphic specialist, and was part of the USGS team that compiled the 1:5,000,000-scale Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer satellite image maps of Antarctica and the 1:250,000-scale Landsat image maps of the Siple Coast area in the 1990s.

Acosta Glacier
Map showing the location of Acosta Glacier
Map showing the location of Acosta Glacier
Location of Acosta Glacier in Antarctica
LocationEllsworth Land
Coordinates71°58′S 100°55′W
Length2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Thicknessunknown
Terminuseast of Dyer Point
Statusunknown

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References
  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Acosta Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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