Acosta Glacier

Acosta Glacier (71°58′S 100°55′W) is a glacier about 2 miles (3 km) long flowing north from Thurston Island just east of Dyer Point in Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Alex V. Acosta of the United States Geological Survey (usgs) in Flagstaff, Arizona. He is a computer and graphic specialist, and was part of the USGS team that compiled the 1:5,000,000-scale Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer satellite image maps of Antarctica and the 1:250,000-scale Landsat image maps of the Siple Coast area in the 1990s.

Acosta Glacier
Location of Acosta Glacier in Antarctica
LocationEllsworth Land
Coordinates71°58′S 100°55′W
Length2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Thicknessunknown
Terminuseast of Dyer Point
Statusunknown

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References
  •  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Acosta Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)



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