Peterson Glacier

Peterson Glacier
Map of Antarctica, with Wilkes Land slightly to the right
Location of Peterson Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Wilkes Land
Coordinates	66°25′00″S 110°44′00″E / 66.41667°S 110.73333°E / -66.41667; 110.73333
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Penney Bay
Status	unknown

Peterson Glacier is a glacier flowing west into Penney Bay opposite Herring Island in the Windmill Islands. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946–47, and named for Louie N. Peterson, radio operator and recorder with the U.S. Navy (USN) OpWml parties which established astronomical control stations along Wilhelm II, Knox and Budd Coasts during January–February 1948.^[1]

References

^ "Peterson Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

66°25′S 110°44′E / 66.417°S 110.733°E / -66.417; 110.733

Glaciers

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Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Nunatak P-form Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Suncup Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glaciofluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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