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Elliott Glacier
Map of Antarctica, with Wilkes Land slightly to the right
Location of Elliott Glacier in Antarctica
Type	channel
Location	Wilkes Land
Coordinates	66°33′00″S 115°14′00″E / 66.55000°S 115.23333°E / -66.55000; 115.23333
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Budd Coast
Status	unknown

Elliott Glacier (66°33′S 115°14′E / 66.550°S 115.233°E / -66.550; 115.233) is a small channel glacier that drains northward to the Budd Coast of Antarctica, midway between Cape Hammersly and Cape Waldron. It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Samuel Elliott, a midshipman on the sloop Vincennes during the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

1. "Elliott Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
2. "Elliott Glacier". Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu. p. 621. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

•  This article incorporates public domain material from "Elliott Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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