Schytt Glacier
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Schytt Glacier is a broad glacier
about 60 miles (100 km) long, flowing northward between Giaever and Ahlmann Ridge
in Queen Maud Land
to the Jelbart Ice Shelf
. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
(NBSAE) (1949–1952) and named for Stig V. Schytt, second in command and glaciologist of NBSAE.
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 60 miles (100 km) long, flowing northward between Giaever and Ahlmann Ridge
Ahlmann Ridge
Ahlmann Ridge, also known as Ahlmannryggen, is a broad, mainly ice-covered ridge, about long, surmounted by scattered, low peaks. It rises between Schytt Glacier and Jutulstraumen Glacier and extends from Borg Massif northward to Fimbul Ice Shelf in Queen Maud Land...
in Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
to the Jelbart Ice Shelf
Jelbart Ice Shelf
Jelbart Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 40 miles wide, fronting on the coast of Queen Maud Land northward of Giaever Ridge. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition and named for John E. Jelbart, an Australian...
. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists...
(NBSAE) (1949–1952) and named for Stig V. Schytt, second in command and glaciologist of NBSAE.