Tucker Glacier
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Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier
of Victoria Land
, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains
and Victory Mountains
to the Ross Sea
. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun Range
, from which Ebbe Glacier
flows northwestward.
Explored by NZGSAE, 1957–58, and named by them after Tucker Inlet
, the ice-filled coastal indentation at the mouth of this glacier named by Captain James Clark Ross
in 1841.
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...
of 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...
, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains
Admiralty Mountains
The Admiralty Mountains is a large group of high mountains and individually-named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land of Antarctica...
and 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 the Ross Sea
Ross Sea
The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land.-Description:The Ross Sea was discovered by James Ross in 1841. In the west of the Ross Sea is Ross Island with the Mt. Erebus volcano, in the east Roosevelt Island. The southern part is covered...
. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun Range
Homerun Range
The Homerun Range is a northwest-trending mountain range, 45 km long and 3 to 11 km wide, located east of Everett Range at the heads of the Ebbe and Tucker glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica....
, from which Ebbe Glacier
Ebbe Glacier
Ebbe Glacier is a tributary glacier about 96 km long, draining northwest from the Homerun Range and Robinson Heights, and then WNW between Everett Range and Anare Mountains into Lillie Glacier...
flows northwestward.
Explored by NZGSAE, 1957–58, and named by them after Tucker Inlet
Tucker Inlet
Tucker Inlet is an ice-filled inlet identing the coast of Victoria Land between Capes Wheatstone and Daniell. Discovered in February 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross who named this feature for Charles T. Tucker, master of the Erebus....
, the ice-filled coastal indentation at the mouth of this glacier named by Captain James Clark Ross
James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross , was a British naval officer and explorer. He explored the Arctic with his uncle Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry, and later led his own expedition to Antarctica.-Arctic explorer:...
in 1841.