McCarty Glacier (Thurston Island)
| McCarty Glacier | ||
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| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 6 ′ S , 99 ° 24 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Potaka Inlet | |
The McCarty Glacier is a broad glacier in the north of Thurston Island before Eights Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . There it flows to the head of the Potaka Inlet .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names renamed it in 2003 after Owen McCarty, who was one of six survivors of the nine-member crew of a December 30, 1946 at the framework of Operation Highjump (1946-1947) on the Noville Peninsula downed Martin PBM Mariner on January 12, 1947 was rescued.
Web links
- McCarty Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- McCarty Glacier on geographic.org (English)