Steagall Glacier
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Steagall Glacier is a tributary glacier
, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, draining the east slopes of Rawson Plateau
between Mount Alice Gade
and Mount Deardorff
and flowing north to enter Bowman Glacier
, in the Queen Maud Mountains
. First mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Jack Steagall, meteorologist, South Pole Station winter party, 1961.
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...
, 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, draining the east slopes of Rawson Plateau
Rawson Plateau
The Rawson Plateau is an ice-covered plateau, long and high, rising between the heads of Bowman Glacier, Moffett Glacier and Steagall Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition , 1928–30, and by the U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy...
between Mount Alice Gade
Mount Alice Gade
Mount Alice Gade is a mainly ice-covered mountain over 3,400 m, marking the northeast extremity of the Rawson Plateau in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in November 1911 by Captain Roald Amundsen, and named by him for one of the daughters of the Norwegian minister to Brazil, a strong...
and Mount Deardorff
Mount Deardorff
Mount Deardorff is a prominent peak, 2,380 m, surmounting the massive ridge dividing the heads of Moffett and Steagall Glaciers in the Queen Maud Mountains. First mapped from ground surveys and air photos by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic...
and flowing north to enter Bowman Glacier
Bowman Glacier
Bowman Glacier is a deeply entrenched glacier, long, descending the polar plateau between Quarles Range and Rawson Plateau of the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf just west of the flow of Amundsen Glacier. It was discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition...
, in the Queen Maud Mountains
Queen Maud Mountains
The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the polar plateau in Antarctica...
. First mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Jack Steagall, meteorologist, South Pole Station winter party, 1961.