Long Glacier
Map showing the location of Long Glacier
Map showing the location of Long Glacier
Location of Long Glacierin Antarctica
LocationEllsworth Land
Coordinates72°30′00″S 96°43′00″W / 72.50000°S 96.71667°W / -72.50000; -96.71667
Length8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusAbbot Ice Shelf
Statusunknown
Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Long Glacier (72°30′S 96°43′W / 72.500°S 96.717°W / -72.500; -96.717) is a glacier about 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) long in the southeastern part of Thurston Island, Antarctica. It flows south to the Abbot Ice Shelf, 14 nautical miles (26 km) west of Harrison Nunatak. The glacier was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Fred A. Long, Jr., an aviation machinist of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, who wintered at Little America V in 1957 and was in Antarctica in the 1960–61 and 1962–63 seasons.[1]

Long Bluff is a conspicuous rock bluff on the west side of Long Glacier. It was named by US-ACAN after W.A. Long, Chief Pharmacist's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. Assigned to the January 11, 1947 search flight commanded by Lieutenant James L. Ball, Long was the first to sight the wreck of PBM Mariner seaplane George One on Noville Peninsula, leading to the rescue of its survivors.[2]

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References

  1. "Long Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  2. "Long Bluff". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 30 June 2013.


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