Pourquoi Pas Glacier

Pourquoi Pas Glacier (66°15′S 135°55′E) is a glacier 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, flowing north-northwest from the continental ice and terminating in a prominent tongue 9 nautical miles (17 km) west-northwest of Pourquoi Pas Point. Delineated by French cartographers from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. Named in 1952 by the French Antarctic Sub-committee after the Pourquoi-Pas?, polar ship of the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10, later used by Charcot in expeditions to Greenland.

Pourquoi Pas Glacier
Map of Antarctica, with Wilkes Land slightly to the right
Location of Pourquoi Pas Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Wilkes Land
Coordinates	66°15′00″S 135°55′00″E
Length	15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
Width	4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Pourquoi Pas Point
Status	unknown

Pourquoi Pas Glacier Tongue (66°10′S 136°0′E) is a prominent glacier tongue 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, extending seaward from Pourquoi Pas Glacier. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and named for the French polar ship Pourquoi-Pas?.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from "Pourquoi Pas Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.