Myers Glacier
| Myers Glacier | ||
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| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Walker Mountains | |
| length | 11 km | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 16 ′ S , 100 ° 7 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Abbot Ice Shelf | |
The Myers Glacier is an 11 km long valley glacier on Thurston Island off the coast of West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It flows from Mount Noxon in a south-westerly direction to the Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound .
Its position was determined from aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy VX-6 squadron in January 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Lieutenant Dale P. Myers, a helicopter pilot aboard the USCGC Burton Island during the US Navy's research expedition to the Bellingshausen Sea in February 1960.
Web links
- Myers Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Myers Glacier on geographic.org (English)