Mincer Glacier
| Mincer Glacier | ||
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| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 10 ′ S , 97 ° 55 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Murphy Inlet | |
The Mincer Glacier is a wide glacier in the north of Thurston Island off the Eights coast of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It flows from Zuhn Bluff into the southeast branch of Murphy Inlet .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2003 after Dale F. Mincer (1918-2001), co-pilot of a Martin PBM Mariner for the creation of aerial photographs of Thurston Island and the neighboring mainland coast as part of the operation carried out by the United States Navy Highjump (1946-1947).
Web links
- Mincer Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mincer Glacier on geographic.org (English)