Cox Glacier

Map of Thurston Island.

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Cox Glacier (72°12′S 101°2′W / 72.200°S 101.033°W / -72.200; -101.033Coordinates: 72°12′S 101°2′W / 72.200°S 101.033°W / -72.200; -101.033) is a small glacier immediately east of Rochray Glacier on Thurston Island, flowing south to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. It was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Jerry G. Cox, U.S. Navy, a helicopter pilot aboard the USS Burton Island, who made exploratory flights to Thurston Island in February 1960.

Maps

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), 1993–2016.

References

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

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