Mincey Glacier
| Mincey Glacier | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bush Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 16 km | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 57 ′ S , 177 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Shackleton Glacier | |
The Mincey Glacier is a 16 km long glacier in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It flows from the southern slopes of Anderson Heights in the Bush Mountains in a south-easterly direction to the Shackleton Glacier , which it reaches at Thanksgiving Point .
He was discovered during an overflight on February 16, 1947 as part of the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier in 1962 after Master Sergeant Andrew Van Mincey (1921-1983), radio operator on this flight.
Web links
- Mincey Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mincey Glacier on geographic.org (English)