Marck Glacier
| Marck Glacier | ||
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| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 16 ′ S , 97 ° 2 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Cadwalader Inlet | |
The Marck Glacier is a glacier in the north of Thurston Island off the Eights coast of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . There it flows into the southwestern extension of the Cadwalader Inlet .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names renamed it in 2003 to George H. Marck (1923-2002), who as part of the United States Navy conducted Operation Highjump (1946-1947) on the aerial photographs of Thurston Island and the neighboring mainland coast was involved.
Web links
- Marck Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Marck Glacier on geographic.org (English)