Peterson Glacier

Peterson Glacier
Peterson Glacier
	Map of Antarctica, with Wilkes Land slightly to the right
	Location of Peterson Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Wilkes Land
Coordinates	66°25′00″S 110°44′00″E / 66.41667°S 110.73333°E
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Penney Bay
Status	unknown

Peterson Glacier is a glacier flowing west into Penney Bay opposite Herring Island in the Windmill Islands. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946–47, and named for Louie N. Peterson, radio operator and recorder with the U.S. Navy (USN) OpWml parties which established astronomical control stations along Wilhelm II, Knox and Budd Coasts during January–February 1948.^[1]

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^ "Peterson Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

66°25′S 110°44′E / 66.417°S 110.733°E / -66.417; 110.733

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[1] "Peterson Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

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