Hushen Glacier
| Hushen Glacier | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 26 ′ S , 72 ° 45 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Reuning Glacier | |
The Hushen Glacier is a glacier on the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . On the north side of the Beethoven Peninsula, it flows in a north-westerly direction to the Reuning Glacier just before it flows into the Mendelssohn Inlet .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using aerial photographs from the United States Navy from 1967 to 1968 and Landsat photographs from 1972 and 1973. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier after W. Timothy Hushen, chairman of the Polar Research Board at the National Academy of Sciences from 1981 to 1988.
Web links
- Hushen Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hushen Glacier on geographic.org (English)