Crosswell Glacier
Location of Vinson Massif in Western Antarctica
Map showing the location of Crosswell Glacier
Map showing the location of Crosswell Glacier
Location of Crosswell Glacier in Antarctica
TypeValley glacier
LocationEllsworth Land
Coordinates78°17′S 85°24′W / 78.283°S 85.400°W / -78.283; -85.400
Length10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusEllen Glacier
Statusunknown
Central and southern Sentinel Range map.

Crosswell Glacier (78°17′S 85°24′W / 78.283°S 85.400°W / -78.283; -85.400) is a glacier 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) long, flowing north-northeast from Mount Shinn between Sullivan Heights and Bearskin Ridge, in the central part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. Together with Patton and Pulpudeva Glaciers, it enters Ellen Glacier northwest of Mamarchev Peak and southeast of Mount Jumper.

The glacier was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1957–59, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for United States Air Force Colonel Horace A. Crosswell, leader of C-124 Globemaster air drops in establishing the scientific station at the South Pole in the 1956–57 season.[1]

Tributary glaciers

See also

Maps

  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

References

  1. ↑ "Crosswell Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 6 December 2011.


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