Pettus Glacier

Pettus Glacier (63°48′S 59°4′W) is a narrow deeply entrenched glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, which flows north from Ebony Wall into Gavin Ice Piedmont between Poynter Hill and Tinsel Dome, Trinity Peninsula. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Robert N. Pettus, aircraft pilot with Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1956–57.

Pettus Glacier
Location of Trinity Peninsula in the Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Pettus in Antarctica
LocationTrinity Peninsula
Coordinates63°48′S 59°04′W
Length9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusGavin Ice Piedmont
Statusunknown

See also

Map
  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

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


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