Glacier Bight
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 Map of Thurston Island with the Hughes and Noville Peninsulas (center left) |
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| Waters | Bellingshausen lake | |
| Land mass | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 50 ′ S , 99 ° 25 ′ W | |
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| width | 35 km | |
The Glacier Bight is a 35 km wide and navigable bay in the north of Thurston Island before Eights Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . It lies between the Hughes and Noville peninsula .
Your position was first determined from aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy during Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after the icebreaker USS Glacier , with which the approach to this coastal region of Thurston Island was possible for the first time in February 1960.
Web links
- Glacier Bight in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Glacier Bight on geographic.org (English)