Craft Glacier

Craft Glacier (72°12′S 101°22′W / 72.2°S 101.367°W / -72.2; -101.367) is a valley glacier about 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, lying west of Hendersin Knob on Thurston Island and flowing south to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. First delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ens. Charles Craft, U.S. Navy, helicopter pilot on USS Glacier who made exploratory flights at Thurston Island in February 1960.

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