Ant Hill Glacier
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Ant Hill Glacier is a glacier
in Antarctica, between Ant Hill
and Bareface Bluff
, rising in the Worcester Range
and flowing northeast into Skelton Glacier
. It was surveyed and named, in association with Ant Hill, in 1957 by the New Zealand
party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
, 1956–58.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
in Antarctica, between Ant Hill
Ant Hill
Ant Hill is a hill, high, rising steeply on the west side of the Skelton Glacier between Ant Hill Glacier and Dilemma Glacier. It was surveyed and named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956–58. So named by geological members because of the...
and Bareface Bluff
Bareface Bluff
Bareface Bluff is a large, sheer snow-free bluff, high, rising above Skelton Glacier, between Ant Hill Glacier and Mason Glacier in Antarctica. It was surveyed and given this descriptive name in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956–58....
, rising in the Worcester Range
Worcester Range
The Worcester Range is a mountain range in Antarctica standing between the Skelton and Mulock Glaciers on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Probably named after the training ship in the Thames, in which many officers of early British Antarctic expeditions trained. Discovered by the British...
and flowing northeast into Skelton Glacier
Skelton Glacier
Skelton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica.-Discovery and naming:...
. It was surveyed and named, in association with Ant Hill, in 1957 by the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
, 1956–58.