Burton Island Glacier

Burton Island Glacier (66°49′S 90°20′E) is a channel glacier, about 9 nautical miles (17 km) wide and 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, flowing north from the continental ice to Posadowsky Bay just west of Cape Torson. It was mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for the USS Burton Island, one of the two icebreakers of U.S. Navy Operation Windmill, 1947–48, which assisted in establishing astronomical control stations along Wilhelm II Coast, Queen Mary Coast, Knox Coast and Budd Coast.[1][2]

Burton Island Glacier
Kaiser Wilhelm II Land
Location of Burton Island Glacier in Antarctica
Typechannel
LocationKaiser Wilhelm II Land
Coordinates66°49′S 90°20′E
Length9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi)
Width7 nmi (13 km; 8 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusPosadowsky Bay
Statusunknown

See also

References
  1. "Burton Island Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
  2. "Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu". p. 327. Retrieved October 8, 2011.

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