page_title: Highton Glacier
hierarchical_section_title: Highton Glacier
caption_attribution_description: Map of the South Shetland Islands Català: Mapa de les illes Shetland del Sud. Deutsch: Karte der Südlichen Shetlandinseln Español: Mapa de las Islas Shetland del Sur Italiano: Una mappa delle Isole Shetland Meridionali Русский: Карта Южных Шетландских островов (английский вариант) Slovenščina: Zemljevid otočja
context_page_description: Highton Glacier is a glacier on the east coast of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, south of Sugarloaf Island, flowing northeast to the sea. Called "Stamina Glacier" from the stamina needed to cross it by the Joint Services Expedition to the Elephant Island Group, 1976–77, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1980 after Commander John E. Highton, Royal Navy, Deputy Leader of the expedition and in charge of the group on Clarence Island.
context_section_description: Highton Glacier (61°14′S 54°3′W) is a glacier on the east coast of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands, south of Sugarloaf Island, flowing northeast to the sea. Called "Stamina Glacier" from the stamina needed to cross it by the Joint Services Expedition to the Elephant Island Group, 1976–77, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1980 after Commander John E. Highton, Royal Navy, Deputy Leader of the expedition and in charge of the group on Clarence Island.
caption: Location of Clarence Island in the South Shetland Islands
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