Martin Glacier
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Martin Glacier is a glacier
, 3 miles (5 km) wide and 9 miles (14 km) long, which flows west and then northwest from the south side of Mount Lupa
to the southeast corner of Rymill Bay
where it joins the Bertrand Ice Piedmont
, on the west coast of Graham Land
. Martin Glacier was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE) under John Riddoch Rymill
. Martin Glacier was resurveyed in 1948-1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for James H. Martin, member of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition
(BANZARE) (1929-1931) under Sir Douglas Mawson
, and first mate of the Penola during the British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE), 1934-1937.
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...
, 3 miles (5 km) wide and 9 miles (14 km) long, which flows west and then northwest from the south side of Mount Lupa
Mount Lupa
Mount Lupa is a flat-topped, ice-covered mountain over 1,625 m, standing between Romulus Glacier and Martin Glacier close east-southeast of Black Thumb and 5 nautical miles east of the head of Rymill Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. First roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGE under Rymill...
to the southeast corner of Rymill Bay
Rymill Bay
Rymill Bay is a bay in Antarctica. It is nine miles wide at its mouth and indents five miles between Red Rock Ridge and Bertrand Ice Piedmont along the west coast of Graham Land. Rymill Bay was probably first seen from a distance by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot in 1909...
where it joins the Bertrand Ice Piedmont
Bertrand Ice Piedmont
Bertrand Ice Piedmont is an ice piedmont about long and from wide, lying between Rymill Bay and Mikkelsen Bay on the Fallières Coast of Graham Land.Bertrand Ice Piedmont is bounded on the southeast side by Pavie Ridge and on the northeast side by Black Thumb...
, on the west coast of Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. Martin Glacier was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition
British Graham Land Expedition
A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...
(BGLE) under John Riddoch Rymill
John Riddoch Rymill
John Riddoch Rymill was an Australian polar explorer, who had the rare second clasp added to his Polar Medal.- Early life :Rymill was born the son of a farmer on 13 March 1905 at Penola, South Australia...
. Martin Glacier was resurveyed in 1948-1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for James H. Martin, member of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition
British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition
The British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition was a research expedition into Antarctica between 1929 and 1931, involving two voyages over consecutive Austral summers...
(BANZARE) (1929-1931) under Sir Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...
, and first mate of the Penola during the British Graham Land Expedition
British Graham Land Expedition
A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...
(BGLE), 1934-1937.