Argosy Glacier
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Argosy Glacier is a glacier
about 15 miles (24.1 km) long, flowing east through Miller Range
to enter Marsh Glacier
north of Kreiling Mesa
. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(1961–62).
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...
about 15 miles (24.1 km) long, flowing east through Miller Range
Miller Range
The Miller Range is a mountain range extending south from Nimrod Glacier for along the western edge of the Marsh Glacier in Antarctica. Named for J.H. "Bob" Miller, a member of the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition who, with G.W. Marsh, mapped this area....
to enter Marsh Glacier
Marsh Glacier
The Marsh Glacier is a glacier about 110 km long, flowing north from the Antarctic polar plateau between the Miller Range and Queen Elizabeth Range into Nimrod Glacier. Seen by a New Zealand party of the CTAE and named for G.W. Marsh, a member of the party....
north of Kreiling Mesa
Kreiling Mesa
Kreiling Mesa is a distinctive, partially ice-covered mesa at the south side of the mouth of Argosy Glacier in the Miller Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lee W. Kreiling, United States Antarctic Research Program traverse engineer at NAF McMurdo, winter 1961, Ellsworth...
. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(1961–62).