Pettus glacier
| Pettus glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Detroit plateau | |
| length | 14 km | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 51 ′ S , 59 ° 8 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Gavin Piedmont Glacier | |
The Pettus Glacier is a 14 km long glacier in the north of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . From the Ebony Wall on the Detroit Plateau it flows north to the Gavin Piedmont Glacier , which it reaches between Poynter Hill and the Tinsel Dome .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the glacier on February 12, 1964 after the Canadian pilot Robert Nelson Pettus (1921-2010), participant of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956-1957).
Web links
- Pettus Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pettus Glacier on geographic.org (English)