Murphy Glacier

Location of Pernik Peninsula on Loubet Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

Murphy Glacier (66°54′S 66°20′W / 66.9°S 66.333°W / -66.9; -66.333) is a glacier on Pernik Peninsula, Loubet Coast in Graham Land, flowing generally westward to Orford Cliff and merging with Wilkinson Glacier before terminating in Lallemand Fjord. Mapped from air photos taken by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956–57). Named for Thomas L. Murphy, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) leader and assistant surveyor at Detaille Island in 1956.

References

• SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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

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