Lucchitta Glacier
Glacier in Antarctica
74°24′00″S 99°56′00″W / 74.40000°S 99.93333°W / -74.40000; -99.93333
Lucchitta Glacier (74°24′S 99°56′W / 74.400°S 99.933°W / -74.400; -99.933) is a glacier about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long flowing south from the Hudson Mountains of Antarctica into Pine Island Bay. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after geologist Baerbel K. Lucchitta of the United States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona, a specialist in the use of satellite imagery for geological and glaciological studies from the early 1980s to the early 2000s (decade), and one of the pioneers in the use of imagery for glacier velocity measurements in Antarctica.[1]
See also
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
References
- ^ "Lucchitta Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- This article incorporates public domain material from "Lucchitta Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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