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Geological Formation

Kannheiser Glacier

Glaciers and Ice Formations

Kannheiser Glacier is a glacier about 4 nautical miles long on Thurston Island, Antarctica, lying 12 nautical miles east-southeast of Cape Flying Fish and flowing south into the Abbot Ice Shelf. It was first delineated from air photographs taken by the United States Navy in December 1946, and was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander William Kannheiser, a United States Navy helicopter pilot aboard the USS Glacier who explored and photographed new features of Thurston Island in February 1960. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Protected Status
International Treaty Protected Area 1
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Caused By

Glaciation, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Glaciation via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Kannheiser Glacier

In Discipline

Glaciology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Glaciology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Kannheiser Glacier
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Found In

Antarctica

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source GeoNames: GeoNames search results for Kannheiser GlacierSearch result row
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Kannheiser Glacier -72.25 -101.75 Antarctica glacier(s)
Sources
1. Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty: Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Secretariat of the Antarctic TreatyArticle 2
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It designates Antarctica as a “natural reserve, devoted to peace and science” (Art. 2).
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Glaciers on Thurston Island (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Lead section
This is a list of glaciers on Thurston Island, an ice-covered, glacially dissected island, 215 km (134 mi) long, 90 km (56 mi) wide and 15,700 km2 (6,062 sq mi) in area, lying a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica.
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Wikidata: Kannheiser Glacier
Wikidata Q6364045, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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