Zinberg Glacier
72°21′00″S 96°4′00″W / 72.35000°S 96.06667°W / -72.35000; -96.06667
Zinberg Glacier (72°21′S 96°4′W / 72.350°S 96.067°W / -72.350; -96.067) is a glacier in east Thurston Island; it flows east-northeast into Morgan Inlet between Tierney Peninsula and the promontory ending in Ryan Point. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Cpl. E. Zinberg, U.S. Army photographer in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946–47.
See also
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
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.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Zinberg Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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