Koettlitz Glacier
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The Koettlitz Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier
lying west of Mount Morning
and Mount Discovery
, flowing from the vicinity of Mount Cocks
northeastward between Brown Peninsula
and the mainland into the ice shelf of McMurdo Sound
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Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) which named it for Dr. Reginald Koettlitz
, physician and botanist of the expedition.
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...
lying west of Mount Morning
Mount Morning
Mount Morning is a dome-shaped stratovolcano standing WSW of Mount Discovery and east of Koettlitz Glacier in Victoria Land. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition which named it for the Morning, relief ship to the expedition....
and Mount Discovery
Mount Discovery
Mount Discovery is a conspicuous, isolated stratovolcano, lying at the head of McMurdo Sound and east of Koettlitz Glacier, overlooking the NW portion of the Ross Ice Shelf...
, flowing from the vicinity of Mount Cocks
Mount Cocks
Mount Cocks in Antarctica is a mountain at the head of the Koettlitz Glacier in southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. The summit, which is ASL, is NNE of the junction of the Cocks and Skelton Glaciers at the southern end of the Royal Society Range....
northeastward between Brown Peninsula
Brown Peninsula
Brown Peninsula is a nearly ice-free peninsula, long and wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf northward of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a low isthmus. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, which named it "Brown Island" because of its color...
and the mainland into the ice shelf of McMurdo Sound
McMurdo Sound
The ice-clogged waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound extend about 55 km long and wide. The sound opens into the Ross Sea to the north. The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to 13,205 feet on the western shoreline. The nearby McMurdo Ice Shelf scribes McMurdo Sound's southern boundary...
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Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) which named it for Dr. Reginald Koettlitz
Reginald Koettlitz
Reginald Koettlitz was a British physician and polar explorer. He participated in the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition to Franz Josef Land and in the Discovery Expedition to Antarctica....
, physician and botanist of the expedition.