The Nimitz Glacier is an Antarctic glacier, 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) long and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) wide, draining the area about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) west of the Vinson Massif and flowing southeast between the Sentinel Range and Bastien Range to enter Minnesota Glacier, in the central Ellsworth Mountains.[1]
Discovered by USN Squadron VX-6 on photographic flights of December 14-December 15, 1959, and mapped by United States Geological Survey from these photos. Named by US-ACAN for Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, USN, who as Chief of Naval Operations at the time of Operation Highjump, 1947–1948, made possible that unprecedentedly large and complex Antarctic expedition.
The NimitzGlacier is an Antarctic glacier, 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) long and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) wide, draining the area about 10...
major east–west highway on the island of Oahu Nimitz, West Virginia NimitzGlacier, an Antarctic glacierNimitz Strike Group, a deployment of the U.S. Navy's...
Branscomb Glacier to the northwest, NimitzGlacier and Gildea Glacier to the southwest and south, and Dater Glacier and its tributary Hinkley Glacier to the...
40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi), flanking the southwest side of the NimitzGlacier and the Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The...
southwestward and leaving the range, together with Cairns Glacier joins NimitzGlacier west of Hodges Knoll and southeast of Klenova Peak. It was named by...
north-west side of Vinson Massif (the highest point in Antarctica) into NimitzGlacier, in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. Its upper course...
Bastien Range to the southwest by NimitzGlacier, and from Heritage Range to the south by lower Minnesota Glacier. The range was first sighted and photographed...
the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land. They are bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the Sentinel Range to the north and the Heritage Range to the south...
Craddock southwards between Chaplin Peak and Krusha Peak, and joins NimitzGlacier just south of Gilbert Spur in the southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth...
join NimitzGlacier northwest of Modren Peak. The glacier is named after the Bulgarian woman rebel leader Sirma Voyvoda (1773-1858). Sirma Glacier is centred...
flowing NimitzGlacier. The glacier is named after the ancient Roman and medieval settlement of Karasura in Southern Bulgaria. Karasura Glacier is centred...
Tulaczyk Glacier and Donnellan Glacier in the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. The glacier flows southwestward and leaving the range joins NimitzGlacier south...
Mount Atkinson into NimitzGlacier, in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The upper portion of the glacier also receives ice from...
Antarctica. The glacier flows west-southwestward from Opalchenie Peak along the northwest side of Mount Slaughter into NimitzGlacier. The glacier was named...
Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It overlooks lower NimitzGlacier to the southwest and upper Wessbecher Glacier to the northeast. The peak is named after the...
and southwest slopes, and surmounts lower NimitzGlacier to the southwest and the end of Wessbecher Glacier to the northeast. The peak is named after...
is the rocky hill rising to 1604 m in the northwestern periphery of NimitzGlacier in Ellsworth Mountains. It is named after Milan Ichev, geologist and...
southwestwards, and leaving the range together with Tulaczyk Glacier joins NimitzGlacier southeast of Klenova Peak. The feature was named by US-ACAN (2006)...
and partly ice-free north and southwest slopes, and surmounts lower NimitzGlacier to the west. The peak is named after the historical settlement of Modren...
Antarctica. It surmounts upper NimitzGlacier to the southwest and its tributaries Tulaczyk Glacier to the north and Zapol Glacier to the east. The peak is...
2.3 km wide and rising to 1791 m at the confluence of Bender Glacier and NimitzGlacier, in the southern part of Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains...
the head of NimitzGlacier in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The ridge adjoins the north flank of lower Branscomb Glacier. The feature...
Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts lower NimitzGlacier to the southwest and Wessbecher Glacier to the northeast. The peak is named after the settlement...
the Sentinel Range of Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. Surmounting NimitzGlacier to the west. The peak was named by US-ACAN in 2006 after Stephen Neville...
of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica, rising at the east side of NimitzGlacier, 1 nautical mile (2 km) southeast of Wilson Peak and 8.8 nautical miles...
the eastern side of the terminus of NimitzGlacier where it bends, or makes a corner, on joining Minnesota Glacier. It was first mapped by the United States...
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