Mincer Glacier

Mincer Glacier

Mincer Glacier (72°10′S 97°55′W / 72.167°S 97.917°W / -72.167; -97.917) is a broad glacier flowing from Zuhn Bluff into the southeast arm of Murphy Inlet on the north side of Thurston Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Dale F. Mincer, co-pilot of PBM Mariner aircraft in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946-47.

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