McCarthy Glacier

Not to be confused with McCarty Glacier.

McCarthy Glacier (86°4′S 127°24′W / 86.067°S 127.400°W / -86.067; -127.400Coordinates: 86°4′S 127°24′W / 86.067°S 127.400°W / -86.067; -127.400) is a broad glacier at the south side of Wisconsin Plateau, Antarctica, flowing west to merge with the lower part of Olentangy Glacier before entering Reedy Glacier just southwest of Mount McNaughton. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Robert J. McCarthy, U.S. Navy, a pilot on flights to the general area during Operation Highjump, 1946–47.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "McCarthy Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-02.

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, August 13, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.