Robbins Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Robbins Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A broad glacier flowing into the head of Peale Inlet on the N side of Thurston Island. Named by US-ACAN after Aviation Radarman James Haskin Robbins of the Eastern Group of USN Operation Highjump, aircrewman in the PBM Mariner seaplane that crashed on adjacent Noville Peninsula, Dec. 30, 1946. His energy and initiative contributed to the well-being of six survivors who were rescued Jan 12, 1947 (Ball Peninsula, Mount Howell, q.v.).
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