Levko glacier
| Levko glacier | ||
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| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 25 ′ S , 96 ° 2 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Seraph Bay | |
The Levko Glacier is a glacier in the east of Thurston Island off the Eights coast of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It flows into Seraph Bay between the Tierney Peninsula and Simpson Bluff .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2003 after George Levko, who as a member of the Eastern Group in Operation Highjump (1946-1947) carried out by the United States Navy involved in the creation of aerial photographs of Thurston Island and the neighboring mainland coast was.
Web links
- Levko Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Levko Glacier on geographic.org (English)