Rexford Glacier
Rexford Glacier (72°5′S 100°4′W) is a glacier flowing northeast into the head of Wagoner Inlet on the north side of Thurston Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Aviation Radioman Phillip W. Rexford, PBM Mariner aircrewman in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of this glacier and adjoining coastal areas, 1946–47.
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 Map of Thurston Island | |
  Location of Rexford Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Location | Ellsworth Land |
| Coordinates | 72°05′00″S 100°04′00″W |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Wagoner Inlet |
| Status | unknown |
Satellite image of Thurston Island.
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). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
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