Zinberg glacier
| Zinberg glacier | ||
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| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 21 ′ S , 96 ° 4 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Morgan Inlet | |
The Zinberg Glacier is a glacier in the east of Thurston Island off the Eights coast of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It flows in an east-northeast direction to Morgan Inlet , which it reaches between the Tierney Peninsula and the headland ending in Ryan Point .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2003 by Corporal Eugene Zinberg (1924-2004), photographer in the eastern group of the United States Navy conducted Operation Highjump (1946-1947) of the aerial photographs from the Thurston Island and neighboring mainland coast.
Web links
- Zinberg Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Zinberg Glacier on geographic.org (English)