Nimitz Glacier Explained

Nimitz Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Type:tributary
Location:Ellsworth Land
Coordinates:-78.9167°N -85.1667°W
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Minnesota Glacier
Status:unknown

The Nimitz Glacier is an Antarctic glacier, long and wide, draining the area about west of the Vinson Massif and flowing southeast between the Sentinel Range and Bastien Range to enter Minnesota Glacier, in the central Ellsworth Mountains.[1]

Discovered by USN Squadron VX-6 on photographic flights of 14–15 December 1959, and mapped by United States Geological Survey from these photos. Named by US-ACAN for Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, USN, who as Chief of Naval Operations at the time of Operation Highjump, 1947–1948, made possible that unprecedentedly large and complex Antarctic expedition.

Tributary glaciers

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Notes and References

  1. https://geographic.org/geographic_names/antname.php?uni=10735&fid=antgeo_117/ Nimitz Glacier