Mincey Glacier

Mincey Glacier (84°57′S 177°30′W / 84.95°S 177.5°W / -84.95; -177.5) is a glacier, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, draining the south slopes of Anderson Heights in the Bush Mountains and flowing southeast to enter Shackleton Glacier at Thanksgiving Point. Discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47) on the flights of February 16, 1947, and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Master Sgt. A.V. Mincey, United States Marine Corps (USMC), radio operator of Flight 8A.

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

This Dufek Coast location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Glaciers of the Ross Dependency Dufek Coast Dufek Coast geography stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат Mincer Glacier Mincha Look at other dictionaries: Mount Butters — (84°53′S 177°28′W / 84.883°S 177.467°W / 84.883; 177.467) is the snowcapped summit, 2,440 metres (8,000 ft) high, of a buttress type escarpment at the extreme southeast end of Anderson Heights, between …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”