Starshot Glacier
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Starshot Glacier is a glacier
50 nautical miles (90 km) long, flowing from the polar plateau eastward through the Churchill Mountains
, then north along the west side of Surveyors Range
, entering the Ross Ice Shelf
south of Cape Parr
. So named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE) (1960–61) because the area was surveyed with the use of star observations.
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...
50 nautical miles (90 km) long, flowing from the polar plateau eastward through the Churchill Mountains
Churchill Mountains
The Churchill Mountains is a mountain range bordering the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier in Antarctica...
, then north along the west side of Surveyors Range
Surveyors Range
Surveyors Range is an Antarctican mountain range 30 miles long, extending north along the east side of Starshot Glacier from the Thompson Mountain area to the glaciers terminus at the Ross Ice Shelf...
, entering 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...
south of Cape Parr
Cape Parr
Cape Parr is a large snow-covered cape along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, about 8 nautical miles south of Gentile Point. Discovered by the Discovery expedition under Scott, who named it for Admiral Alfred Arthur Chase Parr, one of Scott's advisors who had served in Arctic exploration....
. So 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) (1960–61) because the area was surveyed with the use of star observations.