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Hinkley Glacier
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Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
Map showing the location of Hinkley Glacier
Map showing the location of Hinkley Glacier
Location in Antarctica
Type tributary
Location Ellsworth Land
Coordinates 78°27′00″S 85°20′00″W / 78.45000°S 85.33333°W / -78.45000; -85.33333
Thickness unknown
Terminus Dater Glacier
Status unknown
Vinson-Map
Central and southern Sentinel Range map.

Hinkley Glacier (78°27′S 85°20′W / 78.450°S 85.333°W / -78.450; -85.333) is a glacier flowing northeastward from Corbet Peak and Schoening Peak, Vinson Massif on the east slope of Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, and continuing between Mount Segers and Zinsmeister Ridge to enter Dater Glacier southeast of Nebeska Peak and northwest of Sipey Peak. It was named by US-ACAN (2006) after Todd K. Hinkley, Technical Director, National Ice Core Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO,2001-06.

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