Kenney Glacier

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Kenney Glacier
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Location of Trinity Peninsula in the Antarctic Peninsula
Map showing the location of Kenney Glacier
Map showing the location of Kenney Glacier
Location of Kenney in Antarctica
LocationTrinity Peninsula
Coordinates63°25′S 57°02′W / 63.417°S 57.033°W / -63.417; -57.033
Length1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusDepot Glacier
Statusunknown

Kenney Glacier (63°25′S 57°2′W / 63.417°S 57.033°W / -63.417; -57.033Coordinates: 63°25′S 57°2′W / 63.417°S 57.033°W / -63.417; -57.033) is a glacier 1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) long flowing northwest from The Pyramid and The Saddlestone into Depot Glacier, near the head of Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. It was mapped in 1945 and 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), was resurveyed by the FIDS in 1955, and was named for Richard Kenney, assistant surveyor at Hope Bay in 1954 and 1955, who made a detailed local survey of the area between Hope Bay and Duse Bay.[1]

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References

  1. ^ "Kenney Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-26.