Payne Glacier
# Payne Glacier

Payne Glacier (71°55′S 96°42′W﻿ / ﻿71.917°S 96.700°W﻿ / -71.917; -96.700) is a glacier in the north part of Evans Peninsula, Thurston Island. It flows into the sea east of Cape Walden. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Photographer's Mate J.B. Payne, aircrewman in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946–47.

