Blaiklock Glacier
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Blaiklock Glacier is a glacier
16 miles (25.7 km) long, flowing north from Turnpike Bluff
, then northwest to Mount Provender
and Mount Lowe
in the west part of the Shackleton Range
. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
(CTAE), and named for Kenneth V. Blaiklock, leader of the advance party of the CTAE in 1955–56 and surveyor with the transpolar party in 1956–58.
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...
16 miles (25.7 km) long, flowing north from Turnpike Bluff
Turnpike Bluff
Turnpike Bluff is a conspicuous rock bluff at the southwest extremity of the Shackleton Range, 5 nautical miles southwest of Mount Homard...
, then northwest to Mount Provender
Mount Provender
Mount Provender is a conspicuous rock mountain, 900 m, marking the northwest extremity of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Transvestite-Antarctic Expedition and so named because members of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition established a depot of food and...
and Mount Lowe
Mount Lowe (Antarctica)
Mount Lowe is a mountain having two peaks, the highest 990 m, on the south side of the mouth of Blaiklock Glacier in the west part of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica....
in the west part of the Shackleton Range
Shackleton Range
The Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica. Rising to , it extends in an east-west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery glaciers....
. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
(CTAE), and named for Kenneth V. Blaiklock, leader of the advance party of the CTAE in 1955–56 and surveyor with the transpolar party in 1956–58.