McCuistion Glacier

McCuistion Glacier (84°49′S 175°30′W / 84.817°S 175.5°W / -84.817; -175.5) is a tributary glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, which flows west along the north side of Lubbock Ridge to enter Shackleton Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joshua P. McCuistion, Construction Driver 1st Class, U.S. Navy, who was injured in an Otter airplane crash on December 22, 1955, following take-off from the Cape Bird area.

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

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