Hektoria Glacier
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Hektoria Glacier is a glacier
flowing south from the area around Mount Johnson into Larsen Ice Shelf
just west of Shiver Point
, on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula
. The name "Hektoria Fiords" was given by Sir Hubert Wilkins during his flight of December 20, 1928, after the S.S. Following survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947, the feature could not be identified; however, during further survey by FIDS in 1955, Wilkins' "long ice-filled fiords" were found to be this glacier and two short unnamed ones.
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...
flowing south from the area around Mount Johnson into Larsen Ice Shelf
Larsen Ice Shelf
The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long, fringing ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula from Cape Longing to the area just southward of Hearst Island...
just west of Shiver Point
Shiver Point
Shiver Point is a point, surmounted by a peak 670 m high, 8 miles west of Cape Fairweather on the east coast of Graham Land. Charted during 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1950. The name is suggestive of the cold....
, on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
. The name "Hektoria Fiords" was given by Sir Hubert Wilkins during his flight of December 20, 1928, after the S.S. Following survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947, the feature could not be identified; however, during further survey by FIDS in 1955, Wilkins' "long ice-filled fiords" were found to be this glacier and two short unnamed ones.