Dickey Glacier
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Dickey Glacier is a glacier
12 nautical miles (22 km) long, flowing north along the east side of the Surveyors Range
to enter Beaumont Bay
, Ross Ice Shelf
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Captain Willie M. Dickey, U.S. Navy, commander, Naval Support Units, Antarctica, at Little America V, winter 1957.
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...
12 nautical miles (22 km) long, flowing north along the east side of the Surveyors Range
Surveyors Range
Surveyors Range is an Antarctican mountain range 30 miles long, extending north along the east side of Starshot Glacier from the Thompson Mountain area to the glaciers terminus at the Ross Ice Shelf...
to enter Beaumont Bay
Beaumont Bay
Beaumont Bay is an ice-filled reentrant on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Young Head and Harris Point, into which Dickey Glacier flows. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition and named for Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont, Royal Navy, an Arctic explorer who took a...
, 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...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The 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 Captain Willie M. Dickey, U.S. Navy, commander, Naval Support Units, Antarctica, at Little America V, winter 1957.