Carlyon Glacier
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Carlyon Glacier is a large glacier
which flows east-southeast from the névé
east of Mill Mountain
to the Ross Ice Shelf
at Cape Murray
. It was mapped in 1958 by the Darwin Glacier
party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
(1956–58), and named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
for R.A. Carlyon, who with H.H. Ayres made up the party.
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...
which flows east-southeast from the névé
Névé
Névé is a young, granular type of snow which has been partially melted, refrozen and compacted, yet precedes the form of ice. This type of snow is associated with glacier formation through the process of nivation. Névé that survives a full season of ablation is referred to as firn, which is both...
east of Mill Mountain
Mill Mountain
Mill Mountain is a large flat-topped mountain forming the eastern end of Festive Plateau in the Cook Mountains. This mountain was probably sighted by the Discovery expedition under Captain Robert F. Scott, who gave the name "Mount Mill," after British Antarctic historian Hugh Robert Mill, to a...
to the Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...
at Cape Murray
Cape Murray
Cape Murray is a mainly ice-covered coastal bluff at the north side of the mouth of Carlyon Glacier, on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf Discovered by the Discovery expedition and named for George R.M. Murray, temporary director of the scientific staff of the expedition, who had accompanied...
. It was mapped in 1958 by the Darwin Glacier
Darwin Glacier (Antarctica)
Darwin Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau eastward between the Darwin and Cook Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf. The glacier was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition , and the whole area traversed by New Zealand parties of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic...
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 the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...
for R.A. Carlyon, who with H.H. Ayres made up the party.