Gough Glacier
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Gough Glacier is a glacier
about 25 nautical miles (46 km) long, flowing from the north slopes of Prince Olav Mountains
and the base of Lillie Range
and trending northward to the Ross Ice Shelf
, between Gabbro Hills
and Bravo Hills
. Named by the Southern Party
of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE) (1963–64) for A.L. Gough, surveyor of 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...
about 25 nautical miles (46 km) long, flowing from the north slopes of Prince Olav Mountains
Prince Olav Mountains
The Prince Olav Mountains is a mountain range of the Queen Maud Mountains stretching from Shackleton Glacier to Liv Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf....
and the base of Lillie Range
Lillie Range
Lillie Range is a range of mountains extending northward from the Prince Olav Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf. Mounts Hall, Daniel, Krebs and Mason are in the range. Named by the Southern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition for A.R. Lillie, professor of geology at the...
and trending northward 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...
, between Gabbro Hills
Gabbro Hills
Gabbro Hills is a group of rugged ridges and coastal hills which borders the Ross Ice Shelf between the Barrett and Gough Glaciers and extends south to Ropebrake Pass. So named by the Southern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition because of the prevalence of gabbro, a...
and Bravo Hills
Bravo Hills
The Bravo Hills are a group of low peaks rising to , which border the Ross Ice Shelf between Gough Glacier and Le Couteur Glacier. They were so named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition because their supply Depot B was located nearby....
. Named by the Southern Party
Southern Party
The Southern Party was a minor political party in the United States that operated exclusively in the South. The party supported states' rights and increased Southern cultural and regionalist activism....
of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(NZGSAE) (1963–64) for A.L. Gough, surveyor of the party.