Mill Stream Glacier
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Mill Stream Glacier is a tributary glacier
, about 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, flowing west between Supporters Range
and Otway Massif
to enter Mill Glacier
. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE) (1961–62) in association with Mill Glacier.
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 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, flowing west between Supporters Range
Supporters Range
The Supporters Range is a rugged range of mountains in Antarctica, 40 km long, bordering the eastern side of Mill Glacier, from Keltie Glacier in the north to Mill Stream Glacier in the south....
and Otway Massif
Otway Massif
Otway Massif is a prominent, mainly ice-free massif, about 10 nautical miles long and 7 nautical miles wide, standing at the northwest end of the Grosvenor Mountains at the confluence of Mill Glacier and Mill Stream Glacier. Surveyed and named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological...
to enter Mill Glacier
Mill Glacier
Mill Glacier is a tributary glacier, 16 km wide, flowing northwest between the Dominion Range and the Supporters Range into Beardmore Glacier. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition and named for Hugh Robert Mill, British geographer and Antarctic historian.-See also:* List of glaciers in...
. Named by 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) (1961–62) in association with Mill Glacier.