Johnston Glacier
| Johnston Glacier | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 21 ′ S , 62 ° 55 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Nantucket Inlet | |
The Johnston Glacier is a glacier on the Lassiter Coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows in a southeasterly direction along the northern flank of Mount Owen to Nantucket Inlet .
Participants of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) under the direction of the US polar explorer Finn Ronne discovered him. Ronne named him after Henry Freeborn Johnston (1888-1975) of the Department of Earth Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution for Science , who was involved in the preparation of the geophysical program and the preparation of the results of the expedition.
Web links
- Johnston Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Johnston Glacier on geographic.org (English)