Mulock Glacier
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Mulock Glacier in Antarctica is a heavily crevassed glacier
which flows into the Ross Ice Shelf
40 km south of the Skelton Glacier
in the Ross Dependency
, Antarctica.
Named by the NZAPC in association with Mulock Inlet
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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...
which flows into 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...
40 km south of the Skelton Glacier
Skelton Glacier
Skelton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica.-Discovery and naming:...
in the Ross Dependency
Ross Dependency
The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south...
, Antarctica.
Named by the NZAPC in association with Mulock Inlet
Mulock Inlet
Mulock Inlet is a re-entrant about 10 nautical miles wide between Capes Teall and Lankester. The feature is occupied by lower Mulock Glacier which drains through it to the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the Discovery expedition and named for Lieutenant George F.A. Mulock, Royal Navy, surveyor...
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