Giovinco Ice Piedmont
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Giovinco Ice Piedmont is an ice piedmont, 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, between Canyon Glacier
and Perez Glacier
, gradually descending north to the Ross Ice Shelf
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for F.A. Giovinco, Master of the USNS Pvt. John R. Towle
during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1965.
Canyon Glacier
Canyon Glacier is a narrow glacier, long, flowing to the Ross Ice Shelf. It drains the northwest slopes of Mount Wexler and moves northward between steep canyon walls of the Separation Range and Hughes Range to join the ice shelf immediately west of Giovinco Ice Piedmont...
and Perez Glacier
Perez Glacier
Perez Glacier is a glacier, 10 nautical miles long, flowing northeast from Mount Brennan in the Hughes Range to the Ross Ice Shelf east of Giovinco Ice Piedmont. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Ensign Richard Perez, U.S. Navy, of Squadron VX-6, Antarctic Support Activity, who...
, gradually descending north to the Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for F.A. Giovinco, Master of the USNS Pvt. John R. Towle
John R. Towle
John Roderick Towle was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II....
during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze 1965.