Fisher Glacier
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Fisher Glacier is a prominent western tributary to the Lambert Glacier
, about 100 miles (160 km) long, flowing east past the north sides of Mount Menzies
and Mount Rubin
and joining the main stream of the Lambert Glacier
just east of Mount Stinear. Sighted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
) aircraft by K.B. Mather in 1957. Named by ANCA for N.H. Fisher, chief geologist
, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Dept. of National Development, Australia
.
Lambert Glacier
Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 60 miles wide, over 250 miles long, and about 2,500 meters deep, it holds the Guinness world record for the world's largest glacier...
, about 100 miles (160 km) long, flowing east past the north sides of Mount Menzies
Mount Menzies
Mount Menzies is the culminating peak on the large massif between Mount Mather and Mount Bayliss, standing on the south side of Fisher Glacier, Antarctica. It was sighted by Flying Officer J. Seaton from an ANARE Beaver aircraft in 1956, and mapped by an ANARE southern seismic party under K.B....
and Mount Rubin
Mount Rubin
Mount Rubin is a large, gently domed mountain, with a long tail of moraine trending east, standing 16 nautical miles west-northwest of Cumpston Massif in the Prince Charles Mountains. Photographed from the air by ANARE , 1956-58. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for American...
and joining the main stream of the Lambert Glacier
Lambert Glacier
Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 60 miles wide, over 250 miles long, and about 2,500 meters deep, it holds the Guinness world record for the world's largest glacier...
just east of Mount Stinear. Sighted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...
) aircraft by K.B. Mather in 1957. Named by ANCA for N.H. Fisher, chief geologist
Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Dept. of National Development, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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