- Source: List of glaciers of Kemp Land
Following is a list of glaciers of Kemp Land in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in Kemp Land.
Cosgrove Glacier
67°29′S 59°10′E.
Small glacier entering the south part of Stefansson Bay just west of Mulebreen.
Seen from an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft in 1956 and later mapped.
Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for M. Cosgrove, radio supervisor at Mawson Station, 1959.
Hoseason Glacier
67°06′S 58°07′E.
Glacier 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) long, flowing north into the sea between West Stack and East Stack, 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) east of Edward VIII Bay.
Roughly mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37.
Visited in 1954 by an ANARE sledging party and named by ANCA for Richard Hoseason of ANARE, who perished on a field trip at Heard Island in 1952.
Mulebreen
67°28′S 59°21′E.
Glacier 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) wide, flowing west-north-west into the southeast side of Stefansson Bay.
First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition 1936-37, and named Mulebreen (the snout glacier). Between 1980 and 2023 the glacier advanced by 13.5km.
Not: Dovers Glacier.
Rippon Glacier
66°40′S 56°29′E.
Small glacier, close east of Seaton Glacier, flowing southward into Edward VIII Ice Shelf.
Mapped from aerial photos taken by ANARE in 1956, and named for Sgt. R. Rippon, RAAF, airframe fitter at Mawson in 1959.
Wilma Glacier
67°12′S 56°00′E.
The western of two glaciers entering the southern part of Edward VIII Bay.
Seen by an ANARE party led by Robert Dovers in November 1954.
Named by ANCA for the wife of Robert Dovers, officer in charge and surveyor at Mawson Station in 1954.
Wilson Glacier
66°46′S 56°25′E.
Glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) long, flowing northeast into Edward VIII Ice Shelf just south of Seaton Glacier.
Photographed from ANARE aircraft in 1956.
Named by ANCA for Flight Lt. H.O. Wilson, RAAF pilot at Mawson Station, 1959, who was killed in an aircraft accident shortly after his return to Australia.
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References
Sources
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of glaciers of Kemp Land
- Kemp Land
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- List of glaciers of Enderby Land
- List of glaciers of Adélie Land
- List of glaciers of Wilkes Land
- List of glaciers of Graham Land
- List of glaciers of Mac. Robertson Land
- List of glaciers of Victoria Land
- List of glaciers of Oates Land
