Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Rochray Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Rochray 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.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Glacier about 5 mi long, located just E of Hendersin Knob on Thurston Island and flowing S to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. First delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. (j.g.) Samuel Rochray, USN, helicopter pilot on USS Glacier in February 1960, who made several flights in which new parts of Thurston Island were discovered.
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