Zinberg Glacier
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| Zinberg Glacier | |
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 Map of Thurston Island. | |
  Location of Zinberg Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Location | Thurston Island Ellsworth Land |
| Coordinates | 72°21′00″S 96°4′00″W / 72.35000°S 96.06667°W |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Status | unknown |
Zinberg Glacier (72°21′S 96°4′W / 72.350°S 96.067°W) 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.
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Maps[edit]
- 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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