Rogers Glacier Explained

Rogers Glacier
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:Princess Elizabeth Land
Coordinates:-69.9833°N 77°W
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Amery Ice Shelf
Status:unknown

Rogers Glacier (-69.9833°N 77°W) is a broad glacier entering the eastern side of Amery Ice Shelf close northward of McKaskle Hills. Delineated in 1952 by John H. Roscoe from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and named by him for Lieutenant Commander William J. Rogers, Jr., U.S. Navy, plane commander of one of the three air crews during Operation Highjump which took air photos of the coastal areas between 14 and 164 East longitude.

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