Blackwelder Glacier
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Blackwelder Glacier is a pocket glacier
, 1 miles (1.6 km) wide and 2 miles (3 km) long, between Salmon Hill
and Hobbs Glacier
in Victoria Land
. The glacier was studied during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1957–58, by Troy L. Pewe and was named by him for Dr. Eliot Blackwelder, former head of the Geology Department at Stanford University
.
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...
, 1 miles (1.6 km) wide and 2 miles (3 km) long, between Salmon Hill
Salmon Hill
Salmon Hill is a hill between Salmon and Blackwelder Glaciers in Victoria Land. So named by Frank Debenham of the British Antarctic Expedition because of its sandy pink color due to a pink limestone....
and Hobbs Glacier
Hobbs Glacier (Victoria Land)
Hobbs Glacier is an eastward flowing glacier, about 7 nautical miles long, lying 2 nautical miles south of Blue Glacier on the coast of Victoria Land. First explored by the Discovery expedition under Scott...
in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. The glacier was studied during U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze, 1957–58, by Troy L. Pewe and was named by him for Dr. Eliot Blackwelder, former head of the Geology Department at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
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