❄️ Peterson Glacier

Antarctica · Antarctica · 66.42°S, 110.73°E

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Peterson Glacier
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.

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CountryAntarctica
Continent / regionAntarctica
Coordinates (approx.)66.42°S, 110.73°E · view on map

Peterson Glacier is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

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Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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