Coulston Glacier
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Coulston Glacier is a small tributary glacier
flowing south from the Cartographers Range
into Trafalgar Glacier
, 10 miles (16.1 km) west of Bypass Hill
, in the Victory Mountains
of Victoria Land
. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey
from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos 1960–64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for Peter W. Coulston, an aviation electronics technician with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6
at McMurdo Station
, 1967.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
flowing south from the Cartographers Range
Cartographers Range
Cartographers Range is a rugged mountain range about long in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land in Antarctica. It is bounded on the north by Pearl Harbor Glacier, on the east by Tucker Glacier, and on the south by Hearfield and Trafalgar Glaciers....
into Trafalgar Glacier
Trafalgar Glacier
Trafalgar Glacier is a tributary glacier about 30 nautical miles long, flowing east in the Victory Mountains to join Tucker Glacier below Bypass Hill, in Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1957–58, in association with the Victory Mountains and after the...
, 10 miles (16.1 km) west of Bypass Hill
Bypass Hill
Bypass Hill is a hill, high, situated on the ridge at the junction of Tucker Glacier and Trafalgar Glacier in Victoria Land. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, who established a survey station at this point....
, in the Victory Mountains
Victory Mountains
The Victory Mountains is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea...
of Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...
from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos 1960–64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
for Peter W. Coulston, an aviation electronics technician with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6
VX-6
Air Development Squadron Six was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
at McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
, 1967.