Entrikin Glacier
| Entrikin Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , East Antarctica | |
| width | Max. 9 km | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 49 ′ S , 160 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Matterson Inlet | |
The Entrikin Glacier is a large and impressive glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . From the Churchill Mountains it flows east to Matterson Inlet on the Shackleton Coast . In the estuary it is around 9 km wide.
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1965 after Lieutenant Commander Joseph Waldo Entrikin (1922-2014), pilot of the VX-6 squadron of the United States Navy in the first Operation Deep Freeze (1955-1956).
Web links
- Entrikin Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Entrikin Glacier on geographic.org (English)