Crosswell Glacier

Crosswell Glacier (78°17′S 85°24′W / 78.283°S 85.4°W / -78.283; -85.4) is a glacier 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing north-northeast from Mount Shinn to enter Ellen Glacier, in the central part of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. First mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Colonel Horace A. Crosswell, United States Air Force (USAF), leader of C-124 Globemaster air drops in establishing the scientific station at the South Pole in the 1956-57 season.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Crosswell Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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