Sessums glacier
| Sessums glacier | ||
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| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 0 ′ S , 100 ° 33 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Henry Inlet | |
The Sessums Glacier is a glacier in the north of Thurston Island off the Eights coast of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It flows into the Henry Inlet there .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2004 after Lieutenant Commander Walter Maurice Sessums (1920-1970), helicopter pilot during Operation Highjump (1946-1947) carried out by the United States Navy to create aerial photographs of Thurston Island and the neighboring mainland coast.
Web links
- Sessums Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sessums Glacier on geographic.org (English)