Rogers Glacier
| Rogers Glacier | ||
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| location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 59 ′ S , 73 ° 4 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Amery Ice Shelf | |
The Rogers Glacier is a glacier on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It flows into the Amery Ice Shelf just north of the McKaskle Hills .
The American geographer John Hobbie Roscoe (1919-2007) mapped it in 1952 using aerial photographs of Operation Highjump (1946-1947). He named it after Lieutenant Commander William J. Rogers Jr. (1920-2001), chief of operations during reconnaissance flights during Operation Highjump to create aerial photographs between 14 ° and 164 ° east longitude.
Web links
- Rogers Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rogers Glacier on geographic.org (English)