Borchgrevink Glacier
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Borchgrevink Glacier is a large glacier
in the Victory Mountains
, Victoria Land
, draining south between Malta Plateau
and Daniell Peninsula
, and thence projecting into Glacier Strait, Ross Sea
, as a floating glacier tongue. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
, 1957–58, for Carsten Borchgrevink, leader of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900. Borchgrevink visited the area in February 1900 and first observed the seaward portion of the glacier.
The Borchgrevink Glacier has several contributing glaciers:
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...
in the Victory Mountains
Victory Mountains
The Victory Mountains is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea...
, 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...
, draining south between Malta Plateau
Malta Plateau
Malta Plateau is an ice-covered plateau of about 25 nautical miles extent in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. The plateau is irregular in shape and is bounded on the south and west by Mariner Glacier, on the north by tributaries to Trafalgar Glacier, and on the east by tributaries to...
and Daniell Peninsula
Daniell Peninsula
Daniell Peninsula is the large peninsula between Cape Daniell and Cape Jones on the coast of Victoria Land. It is an elongated basalt dome similar to Adare and Hallett Peninsulas and rises to 2,000 meters...
, and thence projecting into Glacier Strait, Ross Sea
Ross Sea
The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land.-Description:The Ross Sea was discovered by James Ross in 1841. In the west of the Ross Sea is Ross Island with the Mt. Erebus volcano, in the east Roosevelt Island. The southern part is covered...
, as a floating glacier tongue. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
, 1957–58, for Carsten Borchgrevink, leader of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900. Borchgrevink visited the area in February 1900 and first observed the seaward portion of the glacier.
The Borchgrevink Glacier has several contributing glaciers:
- Ingham Glacier (72°50′S 168°38′E), a tributary glacier 3 miles (5 km) west of Humphries Glacier, flowing south into Borchgrevink Glacier; mapped by the United States Geological SurveyUnited States Geological SurveyThe United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...
(USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, between 1960 and 1962. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic NamesAdvisory Committee on Antarctic NamesThe Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Clayton E. Ingham, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
geophysicist at Hallett Station, 1957. - Humphries Glacier (72°51′S 168°50′E), a steep tributary glacier just east of Ingham Glacier, flowing generally southwestward to join Borchgrevink Glacier northwestward of Mount PriorMount PriorMount Prior is a mountain about 10 nautical miles west of Mount Brewster, rising at the head of Whitehall Glacier in the west part of Daniell Peninsula, Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1957–58, for George T...
. It was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, between 1960 and 1962, and named by US-ACAN for John G. Humphries, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
ionospheric scientist at Hallett Station, 1957. - Behr Glacier (72°55′S 168°5′E), a steep tributary glacier, 7 miles (11 km) long, flowing east along the north side of Clapp RidgeClapp RidgeClapp Ridge is a narrow, steep-sided ridge about long, forming the north wall of Hand Glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names...
to join Borchgrevink Glacier. The glacier first appears on a 1960 New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
map compiled from U.S. Navy aerial photographs. Named by US-ACAN for Col. Robert Behr, USAF, who was of assistance in the review of U.S. policy toward Antarctica in the 1970-71 period. - Hand Glacier (72°58′S 168°5′E), a deeply entrenched valley glacier that drains the east slopes of Malta Plateau and flows east along the south side of Clapp Ridge into the Borchgrevink Glacier. It was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos between 1960 and 64, and was named by US-ACAN for Cadet H. Hand, biologistBiologistA biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
at McMurdo StationMcMurdo StationMcMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
, in 1967-68. - Line Glacier (72°59′S 167°50′E), a glacier that drains the south part of the east slopes of Malta Plateau and flows east between Collins PeakCollins PeakCollins Peak is a small but noteworthy peak, high, at the east side of Malta Plateau, on the end of the ridge overlooking the confluence of Hand Glacier and Line Glacier, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy...
and Mount AlbertsMount AlbertsMount Alberts is a pointed, almost completely snow-covered mountain rising to , and situated east of Mount Phillips on the east margin of Malta Plateau, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The mountain stands immediately south of the terminus of Line Glacier and overlooks the west margin of Ross Sea....
into Borchgrevink Glacier; mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos between 1960 and 1964, and named by US-ACAN for Kenneth Line, traverse engineer with the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciological party at Roosevelt IslandRoosevelt IslandRoosevelt Island, known as Welfare Island from 1921 to 1973, and before that Blackwell's Island, is a narrow island in the East River of New York City. It lies between the island of Manhattan to its west and the borough of Queens to its east...
, 1967-68. - Bargh Glacier (73°5′S 168°46′E), a glacier 6 miles (10 km) long in the southwest part of Daniell Peninsula, 2 miles (3 km) north of Langevad Glacier, whose stream it parallels, and flows southwest to enter Borchgrevink Glacier; mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos between 1960 and 1964; named by US-ACAN for Kenneth A. Bargh, seismologist at Hallett Station, in 1958.
- Langevad Glacier (73°8′S 168°50′E), located 2 miles (3 km) south of Bargh Glacier and just west of Narrow Neck, draining southwest from the Daniell Peninsula into the lower part of Borchgrevink Glacier. It was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, between 1960 and 1964, and named by US-ACAN for Michael W. Langevad, electronics technician at Hallett Station, 1957.