Glacier Bight (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Glacier Bight (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay (3)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
An open embayment about 22 mi wide, indenting the N coast of Thurston Island between Hughes and Noville Peninsulas. First delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for the icebreaker USS Glacier the first ship ever to make its way to this coastal area, in February 1960.
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