Wood Glacier
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Wood Glacier is a tributary glacier
flowing southeast and entering Trafalgar Glacier
just east of Mount McDonald
in the Victory Mountains
, Victoria Land
. It shares a common saddle with Lensen Glacier
which flows northward. Named by the southern party of NZFMCAE, 1962–63, for B.L. Wood, geologist member of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE), 1957–58, which also worked in this general area.
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...
flowing southeast and entering Trafalgar Glacier
Trafalgar Glacier
Trafalgar Glacier is a tributary glacier about 30 nautical miles 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 , 1957–58, in association with the Victory Mountains and after the...
just east of Mount McDonald
Mount McDonald
Mount McDonald is a peak on the north side of Trafalgar Glacier, 4 nautical miles northwest of Mount Burton, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by NZFMCAE, 1962–63, for William McDonald, crew member on the Terra Nova during the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. McDonald, who...
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...
, 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...
. It shares a common saddle with Lensen Glacier
Lensen Glacier
Lensen Glacier is a tributary glacier that flows northeast to enter Pearl Harbor Glacier just east of Mount Pearson, in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land. Named by NZFMCAE, 1962–63, for G.J. Lensen, a member of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1957–58, that worked in...
which flows northward. Named by the southern party of NZFMCAE, 1962–63, for B.L. Wood, geologist member of 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, which also worked in this general area.