Foley Glacier

Map of Thurston Island.
Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Foley Glacier (71°58′S 101°10′W / 71.967°S 101.167°W / -71.967; -101.167Coordinates: 71°58′S 101°10′W / 71.967°S 101.167°W / -71.967; -101.167) is a glacier about 4 nautical miles (7 km) long flowing north from the western end of Thurston Island just east of Cape Petersen. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Kevin M. Foley, of the United States Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, a computer specialist and team member of the Glaciological and Coastal-Change Maps of Antarctica Project.[1]

Maps

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Foley Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, January 31, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.