Hawkins Glacier (Antarctica)
| Hawkins Glacier | ||
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| location | Wilkesland , Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 34 ′ S , 107 ° 31 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Mawson Lake | |
The Hawkins Glacier is a karst glacier on the Knox coast of Wilkesland, East Antarctica . It flows into the Mawsonsee 6 km west of the Snyder Rocks .
The American cartographer Gardner Dean Blodgett (* 1925) mapped it in 1955 using aerial photographs taken during Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier in 1955 after Samuel N. Hawkins, sailmaker on the sloop USS Vincennes , flagship of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) under the direction of the US polar explorer Charles Wilkes .
Web links
- Hawkins Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hawkins Glacier on geographic.org (English)