Elliott Glacier
| Elliott Glacier | |
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 Map of Antarctica, with Wilkes Land slightly to the right | |
  Location of Elliott Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Type | channel |
| Location | Wilkes Land |
| Coordinates | 66°33′00″S 115°14′00″E / 66.55000°S 115.23333°E |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Budd Coast |
| Status | unknown |
Elliott Glacier (66°33′S 115°14′E / 66.550°S 115.233°E) is a small channel glacier that drains northward to the Budd Coast of Antarctica, midway between Cape Hammersly and Cape Waldron. It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Samuel Elliott, a midshipman on the sloop Vincennes during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes.[1][2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Elliott Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ^ "Elliott Glacier". Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu. p. 621. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
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