Whittle Glacier
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| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 22 ′ S , 114 ° 13 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Colvocoresses Bay | |
The Whittle Glacier is a short glacier on the Budd coast of Wilkesland East Antarctica . It flows into Colvocoresses Bay 10 km northwest of the Williamson Glacier in the form of a glacier tongue .
The American cartographer Gardner Dean Blodgett (* 1925) mapped it in 1955 using aerial photographs of Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier in 1955 after John Samuel Whittle (1813-1850), assistant surgeon aboard the sloop USS Vincennes , flagship of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) under the direction of the American polar explorer Charles Wilkes .
Web links
- Whittle Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Whittle Glacier on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
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↑ Whittle Glacier Tongue in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
Whittle Glacier Tongue on geographic.org (English)