Hinkley Glacier | |
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Location of Hinkley Glacier in Antarctica | |
Type | tributary |
Location | Ellsworth Land |
Coordinates | 78°27′00″S 85°20′00″W / 78.45000°S 85.33333°W |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Dater Glacier |
Status | unknown |
Hinkley Glacier (78°27′S 85°20′W / 78.450°S 85.333°W) is a glacier flowing northeastward from Corbet Peak and Schoening Peak, Vinson Massif on the east slope of Sentinel Range in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, and continuing between Mount Segers and Zinsmeister Ridge to enter Dater Glacier southeast of Nebeska Peak and northwest of Sipey Bluff. It was named by US-ACAN (2006) after Todd K. Hinkley, Technical Director, National Ice Core Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, 2001-06.