Remenchus Glacier
Appearance
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Location of Remenchus Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Wilkes Land |
Coordinates | 66°02′00″S 101°35′00″E / 66.03333°S 101.58333°E |
Length | 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) |
Width | 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Status | unknown |
Remenchus Glacier (66°2′S 101°35′E / 66.033°S 101.583°E) is a channel glacier about 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing northwest from the continental ice and terminating in a small, but prominent tongue close east of the Mariner Islands and 12 nautical miles (22 km) northeast of Bunger Hills. Mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John F. Remenchus, chief aviation pilot, who assisted U.S. Navy Operation Windmill shore party operations and made photographic flights along Wilhelm II, Queen Mary, Knox and Budd Coasts in January–February 1948.
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[edit]- This article incorporates public domain material from "Remenchus Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.