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Zinberg Glacier

Coordinates: 72°21′S 96°4′W / 72.350°S 96.067°W / -72.350; -96.067
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Zinberg Glacier
Map of Thurston Island.
Map showing the location of Zinberg Glacier
Map showing the location of Zinberg Glacier
Location of Zinberg Glacier in Antarctica
LocationThurston Island
Ellsworth Land
Coordinates72°21′00″S 96°4′00″W / 72.35000°S 96.06667°W / -72.35000; -96.06667
Thicknessunknown
Statusunknown
Satellite image of Thurston Island

Zinberg Glacier (72°21′S 96°4′W / 72.350°S 96.067°W / -72.350; -96.067) is a glacier in east Thurston Island; it flows east-northeast into Morgan Inlet between Tierney Peninsula and the promontory ending in Ryan Point. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Cpl. E. Zinberg, U.S. Army photographer in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946–47.

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