Cox Glacier
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cox Glacier (72°12 S 101°2 W) is a small glacier immediately east of Rochray Glacier on Thurston Island, flowing south to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) Jerry G. Cox, U.S. Navy, helicopter pilot aboard the USS Burton Island, who made exploratory flights to Thurston Island in February 1960. The Cox Glacier is a…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cox Glacier (72°12 S 101°2 W) is a small glacier immediately east of Rochray Glacier on Thurston Island, flowing south to Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) Jerry G. Cox, U.S. Navy, helicopter pilot aboard the USS Burton Island, who made exploratory flights to Thurston Island in February 1960. The Cox Glacier is a common destination for kayakers in Prince William Sound. Kayakers enjoy watching chunks of the ice calve into the ocean, creating a thunderous roar.