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Lucchitta Glacier

Coordinates: 74°24′S 99°56′W / 74.400°S 99.933°W / -74.400; -99.933
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Lucchitta Glacier
Map showing the location of Lucchitta Glacier
Map showing the location of Lucchitta Glacier
Location of Lucchitta Glacier in Antarctica
LocationEllsworth Land
Coordinates74°24′00″S 99°56′00″W / 74.40000°S 99.93333°W / -74.40000; -99.93333
Length20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusPine Island Bay
Statusunknown

Lucchitta Glacier (74°24′S 99°56′W / 74.400°S 99.933°W / -74.400; -99.933) is a glacier about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long flowing south from the Hudson Mountains of Antarctica into Pine Island Bay. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after geologist Baerbel K. Lucchitta of the United States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona, a specialist in the use of satellite imagery for geological and glaciological studies from the early 1980s to the early 2000s (decade), and one of the pioneers in the use of imagery for glacier velocity measurements in Antarctica.[1]

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  1. ^ "Lucchitta Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 8 July 2013.