Barnes Glacier
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Barnes Glacier is a glacier
flowing west into Blind Bay
on the west coast of Graham Land
. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
in 1958 for Howard T. Barnes, Canadian physicist and pioneer of ice engineering.
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...
flowing west into Blind Bay
Blind Bay (Antarctica)
Blind Bay is a small bay forming the north-east extremity and head of Bourgeois Fjord and marking the junction of Fallières Coast and Loubet Coast, along the west coast of Graham Land...
on the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
in 1958 for Howard T. Barnes, Canadian physicist and pioneer of ice engineering.