Ellen Glacier

The Ellen Glacier is a glacier in the central Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. It drains the eastern slopes of Mount Anderson and Long Gables and flows generally southeast for 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) to Barnes Ridge, where it leaves the range and enters the south flowing Rutford Ice Stream.

Ellen Glacier
Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
Map showing the location of Ellen Glacier
Map showing the location of Ellen Glacier
Location of Ellen Glacier in Antarctica
LocationEllsworth Land
Coordinates78°13′S 84°30′W
Length22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusRutford Ice Stream
Statusunknown
Sentinel Range map.

It was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957–59, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Colonel Cicero J. Ellen of the U.S. Air Force, who was in command of many of the air operations when the South Pole Station was established by air drop in the 1956–57 season.[1]

Tributary glaciers

See also

References
  1. "Ellen Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 28 February 2012.

78°13′S 84°30′W


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