Battye Glacier
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Battye Glacier is a glacier
flowing east into Radok Lake
in the Aramis Range
of the Prince Charles Mountains
. It was plotted from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
air photos taken in 1956 and 1960, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for A.C. Battye, glaciologist at Wilkes Station
in 1962.
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 east into Radok Lake
Radok Lake
Radok Lake is a meltwater lake about 4 mi long and marked by a slender glacier tongue feeding into it from the west, lying 3 mi south-west of Beaver Lake and 15 mi south-east of the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions from air...
in the Aramis Range
Aramis Range
Aramis Range is the third range south in the Prince Charles Mountains, situated 11 miles southeast of the Porthos Range and extending for about 30 miles in a southwest-northeast direction. First visited in January 1957 by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions southern party led by W.G...
of the Prince Charles Mountains
Prince Charles Mountains
Prince Charles Mountains is a major group of mountains in Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica, including the Athos Range, the Porthos Range, and the Aramis Range. The highest peak is Mount Menzies . Other prominent peaks are Mount Izabelle and Mount Stinear...
. It was plotted from 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:...
air photos taken in 1956 and 1960, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for A.C. Battye, glaciologist at Wilkes Station
Wilkes Station
Wilkes Station was an Antarctic research station established 29 January 1957 by the United States as one of seven U.S. stations established for the International Geophysical Year program in Antarctica...
in 1962.