Cambridge Glacier
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Cambridge Glacier is a wide sheetlike glacier
between the Convoy Range
and the Coombs Hills
, draining south into the Mackay Glacier
between Mount Bergen
and Gateway Nunatak
. It was surveyed in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
, 1956–58, and named by them after Cambridge University, where many of the various Antarctic scientific reports have been written.
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...
between the Convoy Range
Convoy Range
Convoy Range is a broad mountain range, much of it with an almost flat, plateau-like summit, extending south from the Fry Saddle and ending at Mackay Glacier...
and the Coombs Hills
Coombs Hills
The Coombs Hills are an area of broken and largely snow-free hills and valleys between Odell Glacier and Cambridge Glacier in Victoria Land. They were discovered in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named by them for D.S...
, draining south into the Mackay Glacier
Mackay Glacier
Mackay Glacier is a large glacier in Victoria Land, descending eastward from the polar plateau, between the Convoy and Clare Ranges, into the southern part of Granite Harbour. Discovered by the South Magnetic Pole Party of the British Antarctic Expedition and named for Alistair F...
between Mount Bergen
Mount Bergen
Mount Bergen is a prominent rocky peak, 2,110 m, standing 2 nautical miles west of Mount Gran on the north side of Mackay Glacier in Victoria Land...
and Gateway Nunatak
Gateway Nunatak
Gateway Nunatak is a prominent nunatak near the head of Mackay Glacier, standing 9 nautical miles west of Mount Gran, in Victoria Land...
. It was surveyed in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of 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...
, 1956–58, and named by them after Cambridge University, where many of the various Antarctic scientific reports have been written.