Warr Glacier facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Warr Glacier
Map of Thurston Island
Location in Antarctica
Location	Thurston Island, Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	72°11′00″S 98°19′00″W / 72.18333°S 98.31667°W / -72.18333; -98.31667
Thickness	unknown
Status	unknown

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Warr Glacier (72°11′S 98°19′W / 72.183°S 98.317°W / -72.183; -98.317) is a broad glacier flowing north into the southwest arm of Murphy Inlet, Thurston Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after William Warr, Aviation Machinist's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. Warr and five others survived the December 30, 1946 crash of a PBM Mariner seaplane on adjacent Noville Peninsula.

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