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Pettus Glacier

January 01, 1970

Pettus Glacier (63°48′S 59°04′W / 63.800°S 59.067°W / -63.800; -59.067 (Pettus Glacier)) is a narrow deeply entrenched glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) long, which flows north from Ebony Wall into Gavin Ice Piedmont between Poynter Hill and Tinsel Dome, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica.[1]

Pettus Glacier
Location of Pettus Glacier in Antarctica
LocationTrinity Peninsula
Coordinates63°48′S 59°04′W / 63.800°S 59.067°W / -63.800; -59.067 (Pettus Glacier)
TerminusGavin Ice Piedmont

Location edit

 
Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Pettus Glacier towards south end

Pettus Glacier is in Graham Land in the Trinity Peninsula, which is the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The glacier flows north from Ebony Wall on the side of the Detroit Plateau to the Gavin Ice Piedmont, which lies to the south of Bone Bay and east of Charcot Bay. It passes Ivory Pinnacles, Poynter Col and Poynter Hill on its west side, and Aureole Hills and Tinsel Dome on its east side.[2][3]

  • Copernix satellite view

Name edit

Pettus Glacier was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Robert N. Pettus, an aircraft pilot with the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE), 1956–57.[1]

Western features edit

Features on the west (left) side of the glacier include, from south to north:

Ebony Wall edit

63°55′S 59°09′W / 63.917°S 59.150°W / -63.917; -59.150. A dark, nearly vertical rock wall which rises about 400 metres (1,300 ft) high at the head of Pettus Glacier. The wall is about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) long and forms a part of the west escarpment of Detroit Plateau near the base of Trinity Peninsula. Charted in 1948 by FIDS who applied the descriptive name.[4]

Ohoden Col edit

63°50′31″S 59°11′35″W / 63.84194°S 59.19306°W / -63.84194; -59.19306 An ice-covered col of elevation over 900 metres (3,000 ft) high extending 950 metres (3,120 ft), and linking Ivory Pinnacles to the north to Detroit Plateau to the south. Surmounting Pettus Glacier to the east. Named after the settlement of Ohoden in Northwestern Bulgaria.[5]

Ivory Pinnacles edit

63°50′S 59°09′W / 63.833°S 59.150°W / -63.833; -59.150. Two ice-covered peaks (1,120|m}} high on the west side of Pettus Glacier, 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) southeast of Cape Kjellman. Charted in 1948 by members of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who applied the descriptive name.[6]

Poynter Col edit

63°49′S 59°07′W / 63.817°S 59.117°W / -63.817; -59.117. A snow-filled col, over 700 metres (2,300 ft) high high, joining Poynter Hill and Ivory Pinnacles. The col is 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) east-southeast of Cape Kjellman. Charted by FIDS in 1948. Named by UK-APC from association with Poynter Hill.[7]

Poynter Hill edit

63°46′S 59°06′W / 63.767°S 59.100°W / -63.767; -59.100. A conspicuous hill, 825 metres (2,707 ft) high, standing 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) east-southeast of Cape Kjellman. Charted in 1948 by the FIDS. Named by the UK-APC (1950) after Mr. Poynter, Master's Mate, who accompanied Edward Bransfield on the brig Williams in January 1820 when explorations were made in the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait.[7]

Gorublyane Knoll edit

63°45′37″S 59°09′21″W / 63.76028°S 59.15583°W / -63.76028; -59.15583 A hill rising to 775 metres (2,543 ft) high at the base of Belitsa Peninsula. Situated 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) north of Poynter Hill and 9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi) south by east of Notter Point. Overlooking Gavin Ice Piedmont to the north and east. Named after the settlement of Gorublyane in Western Bulgaria, now part of the city of Sofia.[8]

Eastern features edit

Features on the east (right) side of the glacier include, from south to north:

Golesh Bluff edit

63°49′21″S 58°52′42″W / 63.82250°S 58.87833°W / -63.82250; -58.87833 An ihe ice-covered bluff rising to 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) high on the north side of Detroit Plateau. Situated 6.37 kilometres (3.96 mi) south-southeast of Aureole Hills. Precipitous west slopes surmounting a tributary glacier that flows northwestwards into Pettus Glacier. Named after the settlement of Golesh in Northeastern Bulgaria.[9]

Bendida Peak edit

63°48′17″S 58°53′36″W / 63.80472°S 58.89333°W / -63.80472; -58.89333 An ice-covered peak rising to 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) high in the north foothills of Detroit Plateau. Situated 2.11 kilometres (1.31 mi) north-northwest of Golesh Bluff and 4.27 kilometres (2.65 mi) south by east of Aureole Hills. Surmounting a tributary glacier to the west that flows northwestwards into Pettus Glacier. Named after the Thracian goddess Bendida.[10]

Kokiche Col edit

63°46′24″S 58°53′56″W / 63.77333°S 58.89889°W / -63.77333; -58.89889. An ice-covered col of elevation over 800 metres (2,600 ft) extending 650 metres (2,130 ft) on Trinity Peninsula, and linking Aureole Hills to the northwest to Detroit Plateau to the southeast. Situated 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) north of Bendida Peak, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southb by east of Tinsel Dome and 7.79 kilometres (4.84 mi) southwest of Zlatolist Hill. Named after the settlement of Kokiche in Southern Bulgaria.[11]

Aureole Hills edit

63°46′S 58°54′W / 63.767°S 58.900°W / -63.767; -58.900. Two smooth, conical, ice-covered hills, the higher being 1,080 metres (3,540 ft) high, standing close west of the north end of Detroit Plateau. The descriptive name was given by FIDS following its survey of 1948.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Alberts 1995, p. 572.
  2. ^ Trinity Peninsula AG and BAS.
  3. ^ Graham Land and South Shetland BAS.
  4. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 210.
  5. ^ Ohoden Col SCAR.
  6. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 365.
  7. ^ a b Alberts 1995, p. 587.
  8. ^ Gorublyane Knoll SCAR.
  9. ^ Golesh Bluff SCAR.
  10. ^ Bendida Peak SCAR.
  11. ^ Kokiche Col SCAR.
  12. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 33.

Sources edit

  • Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2023-12-03   This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names.
  • "Bendida Peak", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
  • "Gorublyane Knoll", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
  • Graham Land and South Shetland Islands, BAS: British Antarctic Survey, 2005, retrieved 2024-05-03
  • "Golesh Bluff", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
  • "Kokiche Col", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
  • "Ohoden Col", Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
  • (PDF) (Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697), Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996, archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015

January 01, 1970
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Pettus Glacier 63 48 S 59 04 W 63 800 S 59 067 W 63 800 59 067 Pettus Glacier is a narrow deeply entrenched glacier 9 nautical miles 17 km 10 mi long which flows north from Ebony Wall into Gavin Ice Piedmont between Poynter Hill and Tinsel Dome Trinity Peninsula Antarctica 1 Pettus GlacierLocation of Pettus Glacier in AntarcticaLocationTrinity PeninsulaCoordinates63 48 S 59 04 W 63 800 S 59 067 W 63 800 59 067 Pettus Glacier TerminusGavin Ice Piedmont Contents 1 Location 2 Name 3 Western features 3 1 Ebony Wall 3 2 Ohoden Col 3 3 Ivory Pinnacles 3 4 Poynter Col 3 5 Poynter Hill 3 6 Gorublyane Knoll 4 Eastern features 4 1 Golesh Bluff 4 2 Bendida Peak 4 3 Kokiche Col 4 4 Aureole Hills 5 References 6 SourcesLocation edit nbsp Trinity Peninsula Antarctic Peninsula Pettus Glacier towards south end Pettus Glacier is in Graham Land in the Trinity Peninsula which is the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula The glacier flows north from Ebony Wall on the side of the Detroit Plateau to the Gavin Ice Piedmont which lies to the south of Bone Bay and east of Charcot Bay It passes Ivory Pinnacles Poynter Col and Poynter Hill on its west side and Aureole Hills and Tinsel Dome on its east side 2 3 Copernix satellite viewName editPettus Glacier was named by the UK Antarctic Place Names Committee UK APC for Robert N Pettus an aircraft pilot with the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition FIDASE 1956 57 1 Western features editFeatures on the west left side of the glacier include from south to north Ebony Wall edit 63 55 S 59 09 W 63 917 S 59 150 W 63 917 59 150 A dark nearly vertical rock wall which rises about 400 metres 1 300 ft high at the head of Pettus Glacier The wall is about 2 nautical miles 3 7 km 2 3 mi long and forms a part of the west escarpment of Detroit Plateau near the base of Trinity Peninsula Charted in 1948 by FIDS who applied the descriptive name 4 Ohoden Col edit 63 50 31 S 59 11 35 W 63 84194 S 59 19306 W 63 84194 59 19306 An ice covered col of elevation over 900 metres 3 000 ft high extending 950 metres 3 120 ft and linking Ivory Pinnacles to the north to Detroit Plateau to the south Surmounting Pettus Glacier to the east Named after the settlement of Ohoden in Northwestern Bulgaria 5 Ivory Pinnacles edit 63 50 S 59 09 W 63 833 S 59 150 W 63 833 59 150 Two ice covered peaks 1 120 m high on the west side of Pettus Glacier 9 nautical miles 17 km 10 mi southeast of Cape Kjellman Charted in 1948 by members of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey FIDS who applied the descriptive name 6 Poynter Col edit 63 49 S 59 07 W 63 817 S 59 117 W 63 817 59 117 A snow filled col over 700 metres 2 300 ft high high joining Poynter Hill and Ivory Pinnacles The col is 9 nautical miles 17 km 10 mi east southeast of Cape Kjellman Charted by FIDS in 1948 Named by UK APC from association with Poynter Hill 7 Poynter Hill edit 63 46 S 59 06 W 63 767 S 59 100 W 63 767 59 100 A conspicuous hill 825 metres 2 707 ft high standing 8 nautical miles 15 km 9 2 mi east southeast of Cape Kjellman Charted in 1948 by the FIDS Named by the UK APC 1950 after Mr Poynter Master s Mate who accompanied Edward Bransfield on the brig Williams in January 1820 when explorations were made in the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Strait 7 Gorublyane Knoll edit 63 45 37 S 59 09 21 W 63 76028 S 59 15583 W 63 76028 59 15583 A hill rising to 775 metres 2 543 ft high at the base of Belitsa Peninsula Situated 3 9 kilometres 2 4 mi north of Poynter Hill and 9 6 kilometres 6 0 mi south by east of Notter Point Overlooking Gavin Ice Piedmont to the north and east Named after the settlement of Gorublyane in Western Bulgaria now part of the city of Sofia 8 Eastern features editFeatures on the east right side of the glacier include from south to north Golesh Bluff edit 63 49 21 S 58 52 42 W 63 82250 S 58 87833 W 63 82250 58 87833 An ihe ice covered bluff rising to 1 400 metres 4 600 ft high on the north side of Detroit Plateau Situated 6 37 kilometres 3 96 mi south southeast of Aureole Hills Precipitous west slopes surmounting a tributary glacier that flows northwestwards into Pettus Glacier Named after the settlement of Golesh in Northeastern Bulgaria 9 Bendida Peak edit 63 48 17 S 58 53 36 W 63 80472 S 58 89333 W 63 80472 58 89333 An ice covered peak rising to 1 200 metres 3 900 ft high in the north foothills of Detroit Plateau Situated 2 11 kilometres 1 31 mi north northwest of Golesh Bluff and 4 27 kilometres 2 65 mi south by east of Aureole Hills Surmounting a tributary glacier to the west that flows northwestwards into Pettus Glacier Named after the Thracian goddess Bendida 10 Kokiche Col edit 63 46 24 S 58 53 56 W 63 77333 S 58 89889 W 63 77333 58 89889 An ice covered col of elevation over 800 metres 2 600 ft extending 650 metres 2 130 ft on Trinity Peninsula and linking Aureole Hills to the northwest to Detroit Plateau to the southeast Situated 3 5 kilometres 2 2 mi north of Bendida Peak 5 kilometres 3 1 mi southb by east of Tinsel Dome and 7 79 kilometres 4 84 mi southwest of Zlatolist Hill Named after the settlement of Kokiche in Southern Bulgaria 11 Aureole Hills edit 63 46 S 58 54 W 63 767 S 58 900 W 63 767 58 900 Two smooth conical ice covered hills the higher being 1 080 metres 3 540 ft high standing close west of the north end of Detroit Plateau The descriptive name was given by FIDS following its survey of 1948 12 References edit a b Alberts 1995 p 572 Trinity Peninsula AG and BAS Graham Land and South Shetland BAS Alberts 1995 p 210 Ohoden Col SCAR Alberts 1995 p 365 a b Alberts 1995 p 587 Gorublyane Knoll SCAR Golesh Bluff SCAR Bendida Peak SCAR Kokiche Col SCAR Alberts 1995 p 33 Sources editAlberts Fred G ed 1995 Geographic Names of the Antarctic PDF 2 ed United States Board on Geographic Names retrieved 2023 12 03 nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names Bendida Peak Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Gorublyane Knoll Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Graham Land and South Shetland Islands BAS British Antarctic Survey 2005 retrieved 2024 05 03 Golesh Bluff Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Kokiche Col Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Ohoden Col Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Trinity Peninsula PDF Scale 1 250000 topographic map No 5697 Institut fur Angewandte Geodasie and British Antarctic Survey 1996 archived from the original PDF on 23 September 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pettus Glacier amp oldid 1225294332 Poynter Hill, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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