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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.
Discovered by USN Squadron VX-6 on photographic flights of 14–15 December 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, 1946–1947, made possible that unprecedentedly large Antarctic expedition.




Tributary glaciers


Karasura Glacier
Branscomb Glacier
Cairns Glacier
Tulaczyk Glacier
Zapol Glacier
Donnellan Glacier
Gildea Glacier
Bender Glacier
Sirma Glacier




See also


List of glaciers in the Antarctic
Glaciology




Maps


Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
D. Gildea and C. Rada. Vinson Massif and the Sentinel Range. Scale 1:50 000 topographic map. Omega Foundation, 2007.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.




References



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

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• Masif Vinson
• Nimitz Glacier
• Nimitz
• Minnesota Glacier
• Chester W. Nimitz
• Branscomb Glacier
• Bastien Range
• Vinson Massif
• Sentinel Range
• Ellsworth Mountains
• Bender Glacier