Romulus Glacier
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Romulus Glacier is a glacier
, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, which flows from the north slopes of Mount Lupa
westward to Rymill Bay
between the Blackwall Mountains
and Black Thumb
, on the west coast of Graham Land
. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE) under Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named it for its association with Remus Glacier
, whose head lies near the head of this 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...
, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, which flows from the north slopes 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...
westward to 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...
between the Blackwall Mountains
Blackwall Mountains
The Blackwall Mountains in Antarctica rise to , extending in a west-northwest–east-southeast direction for and lying close south of Neny Fjord on the west coast of Graham Land. They are bounded to the east by Remus Glacier, to the south by Romulus Glacier, and are separated from Red Rock Ridge to...
and Black Thumb
Black Thumb
Black Thumb is a mountain, high, with notched and precipitous sides, standing between Romulus Glacier and Bertrand Ice Piedmont on the west coast of Graham Land. It was charted and named by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill, 1934–37....
, 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...
. 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 Rymill. Resurveyed in 1948-49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), who so named it for its association with Remus Glacier
Remus Glacier
Remus Glacier is a glacier, 8 nautical miles long, which flows from the north slopes of Mount Lupa northwestward along the northeast side of the Blackwall Mountains into Providence Cove, Neny Fjord, on the west coast of Graham Land. The lower reaches of the glacier were first roughly surveyed in...
, whose head lies near the head of this glacier.