COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

flowing E into George VI Sound between Tombaugh Cliffs and Succession Cliffs, E Alexander Island, was photographed from the air by Ellsworth, 23 November 1935, and roughly mapped from the photographs by Joerg (1937, map B facing p.444); roughly surveyed from the ground by BGLE in October 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); further photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49; in association with the names of planets in this area, named after Pluto (APC, 1955, p.17; USHO chart 6638, 1955; DOS 610 sheet W 71 68, 1960); mapped by FIDS in 1959 from RARE air photographs. Lednik Pluton (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Glacier on the E coast of Alexander Island, 10 mi long and 4 mi wide, which flows E into George VI Sound to the N of Succession Cliffs. First photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. Roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE. Named by the UK-APC for the planet Pluto following FIDS surveys in 1948 and 1949.