Denman Glacier is a glacier

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...

 7 to 10 mi (11.3 to 16.1 km) wide, descending north some 70 miles (112.7 km), which debouches into Shackleton Ice Shelf

Shackleton Ice Shelf

Shackleton Ice Shelf is an extensive ice shelf fronting the coast of East Antarctica for about 384 km , projecting seaward about 145 km in the western portion and 64 km in the east. It occupies an area of 33,820 km². It is part of Mawson Sea and separates the Queen Mary Coast to the west from...

 east of David Island

David Island

David Island is an ice-covered island, 10 miles long and 6 miles wide, marked by rock exposures along its north and east sides, lying off Davis Peninsula in the Shackleton Ice Shelf. Discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, and...

, Queen Mary Land. It was discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base Party

Western Base Party

The Western Base Party was a successful exploration party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The eight-man Western Party was deposited by the Aurora on the Shackleton Ice Shelf at Queen Mary Land. The leader of the team was Frank Wild and the party included the geologist Charles Hoadley.The...

 of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition

Australasian Antarctic Expedition

The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was an Australasian scientific team that explored part of Antarctica between 1911 and 1914. It was led by the Australian geologist Douglas Mawson, who was knighted for his achievements in leading the expedition. In 1910 he began to plan an expedition to chart...

 under Sir Douglas Mawson. Mawson named the glacier for Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia

Governor-General of Australia

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia at federal/national level of the Australian monarch . He or she exercises the supreme executive power of the Commonwealth...

 in 1911, a patron of the expedition. Calving of Denman Glacier into the Mawson Sea

Mawson Sea

Mawson Sea is an area of the sea along the Queen Mary Land coast of East Antarctica between the Shackleton Ice Shelf in the west and Vincennes Bay in the east. West of it, on the western side of Shackleton Ice Shelf, is the Davis Sea. To the east is Bowman Island and Vincennes Bay.Two important...

 gives rise to the periodically appearing Pobeda Ice Island

Pobeda Ice Island

Pobeda Ice Island, original Russian name остров Победы , is an ice island in the Mawson Sea. It is located off the coast of Queen Mary Land, Australian Antarctic Territory, East Antarctica...

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See also

• Ice stream
  Ice stream
  An ice stream is a region of an ice sheet that moves significantly faster than the surrounding ice. Ice streams are a type of glacier. They are significant features of the Antarctic where they account for 10% of the volume of the ice...
  
  
• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• List of Antarctic ice streams
• Pobeda Ice Island
  Pobeda Ice Island
  Pobeda Ice Island, original Russian name остров Победы , is an ice island in the Mawson Sea. It is located off the coast of Queen Mary Land, Australian Antarctic Territory, East Antarctica...