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Rippon Glacier is a small glacier located in Kemp Land, East Antarctica. It is close east of Seaton Glacier, flowing southward into Edward VIII Ice Shelf.




Discovery and naming


Rippon Glacier was mapped from aerial photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956, and named for Sgt. Ralph Tudor Rippon, RAAF, airframe fitter at Mawson Station in 1959.




Weather conditions


Just to the south of Rippon Glacier is a large valley formed by the Robert and Wilma Glaciers. These two glaciers, along with the Seaton and Rippon Glaciers, all flow into the King Edward Ice Shelf. To the west are the Napier Mountains, running northwest from Mount Elkins. Still further west are the Tula Mountains, beyond which the Beaver Glacier flows into Amundsen Bay. Collectively, these terrain features significantly modify weather produced by synoptic scale systems. Dramatic changes can occur over short distances and in short time intervals. One problem with some moist southeasterly airstreams is cloud formation northwest of Seaton and Rippon Glaciers that produces whiteout conditions looking inland of Rippon Depot.




Flora


The following species have been sighted within 1.0 degrees of Rippon Glacier:




Fungi


Buellia frigida
Caloplaca athallina
Caloplaca citrina
Candelariella flava
Japewia tornoensis
Lecanora expectans
Physcia caesia
Physcia dubia
Pseudephebe minuscula
Rinodina olivaceobrunnea
Xanthoria mawsonii




Fauna


The following species have been sighted within 1.0 degrees of Rippon Glacier:




See also


Enderby Land
List of glaciers in the Antarctic
Glaciology




References



"Rippon Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 31 May 2010.




External links


Australian Antarctic Division
Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)
United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic Territory
Mawson Station
ANARE Club
List of Peaks in Enderby Land
Click here to see an image of helicopters refueling at a temporary fuel depot on Rippon Glacier in December 1979.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Rippon Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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