Trafalgar Glacier
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Trafalgar Glacier is a tributary glacier
about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long, flowing east in the Victory Mountains
to join Tucker Glacier
below Bypass Hill
, in Victoria Land
. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE), 1957–58, in association with the Victory Mountains and after the famous British naval victory of 1805.
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 30 nautical miles (60 km) long, flowing east in the Victory Mountains
Victory Mountains
The Victory Mountains is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea...
to join Tucker Glacier
Tucker Glacier
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea...
below Bypass Hill
Bypass Hill
Bypass Hill is a hill, high, situated on the ridge at the junction of Tucker Glacier and Trafalgar Glacier in Victoria Land. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, who established a survey station at this point....
, in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Named by 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), 1957–58, in association with the Victory Mountains and after the famous British naval victory of 1805.