- Mahaffey Glacier
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Mahaffey Glacier (72°18′S 96°26′W / 72.3°S 96.433°W) is a glacier flowing into the head of Morgan Inlet at the east end of Thurston Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after J.S. Mahaffey, Photographer's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946-47.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mahaffey Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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