Pettus Glacier
Pettus Glacier (63°48′S 59°4′W) is a narrow deeply entrenched glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, which flows north from Ebony Wall into Gavin Ice Piedmont between Poynter Hill and Tinsel Dome, Trinity Peninsula. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Robert N. Pettus, aircraft pilot with Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1956–57.
| Pettus Glacier | |
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 Location of Trinity Peninsula in the Antarctic Peninsula | |
  Location of Pettus in Antarctica | |
| Location | Trinity Peninsula |
| Coordinates | 63°48′S 59°04′W |
| Length | 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Gavin Ice Piedmont |
| Status | unknown |
Map
- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from "Pettus Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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