Sikorski Glacier

Map of Thurston Island.

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Sikorski Glacier (71°49′S 98°24′W / 71.817°S 98.400°W / -71.817; -98.400Coordinates: 71°49′S 98°24′W / 71.817°S 98.400°W / -71.817; -98.400) is a small glacier in the northeast part of Noville Peninsula, Thurston Island. It flows northeast to Bellingshausen Sea between Mounts Palmer and Feury. First roughly delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Stephen Sikorski, electronics technician on the USS Glacier, who assisted in setting up an automatic weather station on Thurston Island during the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960.

Maps

Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

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