Hlubeck glacier
| Hlubeck glacier | ||
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| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| length | 14 km | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 30 ′ S , 97 ° 9 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Abbot Ice Shelf | |
The Hlubeck Glacier is a 14 km long glacier in the southeast of Thurston Island off the coast of West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It flows south along the east side of Shelton Head into the Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after the radio operator Vernon R. Hlubeck, a member of the crew of a Martin PBM Mariner during Operation Highjump (1946–1947) carried out by the United States Navy to create aerial photographs of Thurston Island and the neighboring area Mainland coastal areas.
Web links
- Hlubeck Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hlubeck Glacier on geographic.org (English)