Cooke Glacier
Cooke Glacier (72°44′S 88°34′W) is a glacier about 6 nautical miles (11 km) long flowing north from the northern end of the Fletcher Peninsula. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Kirsten Cooke Healey, of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole, Massachusetts, a computer graphics specialist from the mid-1990s onwards for the USGS project that is compiling the Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers and 25 Glaciological and Coastal-Change Maps of Antarctica.[1]
Not to be confused with Cook Ice Cap or Cook Glacier (South Georgia).
| Cooke Glacier | |
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  Location of Cooke Glacier in Antarctica | |
| Location | Ellsworth Land |
| Coordinates | 72°44′S 88°34′W |
| Length | 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Fletcher Peninsula |
| Status | unknown |
References
- "Cooke Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Cooke Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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