Hinkley Glacier
Glacier in Antarctica
78°27′00″S 85°20′00″W / 78.45000°S 85.33333°W / -78.45000; -85.33333
Hinkley Glacier (78°27′S 85°20′W / 78.450°S 85.333°W / -78.450; -85.333) is a glacier flowing northeastward from Corbet Peak and Schoening Peak, Vinson Massif on the east slope of Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, and continuing between Mount Segers and Zinsmeister Ridge to enter Dater Glacier southeast of Nebeska Peak and northwest of Sipey Bluff. It was named by US-ACAN (2006) after Todd K. Hinkley, Technical Director, National Ice Core Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO,2001-06.
See also
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
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
- This article incorporates public domain material from "Hinkley Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
External links
- Hinkley Glacier SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- v
- t
- e
Glaciers
- Ablation
- Accumulation
- Basal sliding
- Calving
- Creep
- Motion
- Outburst flood
- Overdeepening
- Periglaciation
- Plucking
- Retreat
- Starvation
- Surge
Erosional | |
---|---|
Depositional | |
Glaciofluvial |
- Glaciology
- Category
- List
- Template:Periglacial environment
This article about a glacier in Ellsworth Land is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e