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Rexford Glacier
Thurston Island - en.svg
Location of Rexford Glacier in Antarctica
Location Ellsworth Land
Coordinates 72°05′00″S 100°04′00″W / 72.08333°S 100.06667°W / -72.08333; -100.06667
Thickness unknown
Terminus Wagoner Inlet
Status unknown
ThurstonIsland Terra MODIS
Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Rexford Glacier (72°5′S 100°4′W / 72.083°S 100.067°W / -72.083; -100.067Coordinates: 72°5′S 100°4′W / 72.083°S 100.067°W / -72.083; -100.067) is a glacier flowing northeast into the head of Wagoner Inlet on the north side of Thurston Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Aviation Radioman Phillip W. Rexford, PBM Mariner aircrewman in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of this glacier and adjoining coastal areas, 1946–47.

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