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Tomilin Glacier

Glacier in Antarctica

Summary

Glacier in Antarctica

Field	Value
type	Outlet glacier
location	East Antarctica
map	Antarctica
map_caption	Location within Antarctica
coordinates
length	15 nmi
thickness	unknown
terminus	Southern Ocean
status	unknown

The Tomilin Glacier () is a glacier over 15 nmi long, draining north from Pope Mountain in the central Wilson Hills. It enters the sea east of Goodman Hills and Cape Kinsey, forming a substantial glacier tongue.

Discovery and naming

The Tomilin Glacier was photographed from aircraft of the United States Navy Operation Highjump in 1947, and by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition 1958. It was named by the latter for Soviet polar aviator Mikhail N. Tomilin (1908-52), who perished in the Arctic.

Location

The Tomilin Glacier forms in the Wilson Hills, flowing north or northeast from Governor Mountain and Pope Mountain, and passing Feeney Ridge, Serba Peak, Axthelm Ridge and Parkinson Peak to the east. It is joined from the west by Walsh Glacier, just north of Schmehl Peak, and flows north past the Goodman Hills to enter the ocean in an ice tongue. It is joined from the southeast by Noll Glacier, which forms near Wegert Bluff and flows northwest past Clarke Bluff, where it is joined by Fergusson Glacier, past Burt Rocks and Axtberm Ridge before joining Tomilin Glacier at Parkinson Point.

Tributaries

Walsh Glacier

Noll Glacier

Fergusson Glacier

Features

Tomilin Glacier to the northwest of the map

Feeney Ridge

Serba Peak

Axthelm Ridge

Parkinson Peak

Schmehl Peak

Wegert Bluff

Clarke Bluff

Burt Rocks

References

Sources

{{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G.
{{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C69198s1_Suvorov_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2024-01-19

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