Tracy Glacier (Antarctica) Explained

Tracy Glacier
Photo Width:250px
Map:Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Type:channel
Location:Wilkes Land
Coordinates:-65.95°N 102.3333°W
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:Shackleton Ice Shelf
Status:unknown

Tracy Glacier (-65.95°N 122°W) is a channel glacier flowing to the Shackleton Ice Shelf 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Cape Elliott. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Lloyd W. Tracy, U.S. Navy, pilot with U.S. Navy Operation Windmill, 1947–48, who assisted in operations which resulted in the establishment of astronomical control stations from Wilhelm II Coast to Budd Coast.

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