- Source: Slessor Glacier
The Slessor Glacier is a glacier at least 140 km (75 nmi) long and 90 km (50 nmi) wide, flowing west into the Filchner Ice Shelf to the north of the Shackleton Range. First seen from the air and mapped by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) in 1956. Named by the CTAE for RAF Marshal Sir John Slessor, chairman of the expedition committee.
See also
Ice stream
List of glaciers in the Antarctic
List of Antarctic ice streams
Glaciology
References
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Slessor Glacier
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Slessor Glacier
- Shackleton Range
- List of glaciers of Coats Land
- Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf
- Schimper Glacier
- Gordon Glacier
- Slessor Peak
- Fuchs Dome
- Parry Point
- Byway Glacier
