Auster Glacier
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Auster Glacier is a glacier
about 2 miles (3 km) wide, flowing northwest into the southeast extremity of Amundsen Bay
. It was sighted in October 1956 by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
(ANARE) party led by P.W. Crohn, and named after the Auster
aircraft used by ANARE in coastal exploration.
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 2 miles (3 km) wide, flowing northwest into the southeast extremity of Amundsen Bay
Amundsen Bay
Amundsen Bay, also known as Ice Bay, is a long embayment wide, close west of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. The bay was seen as a large pack-filled recession in the coastline by Sir Douglas Mawson on January 14, 1930...
. It was sighted in October 1956 by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...
(ANARE) party led by P.W. Crohn, and named after the Auster
Auster
Auster Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1938 to 1961.-History:The company began in 1938 at the Britannia Works, Thurmaston near Leicester, England, as Taylorcraft Aeroplanes Limited, making light observation aircraft designed by the Taylorcraft Aircraft Corporation of...
aircraft used by ANARE in coastal exploration.