- Borchgrevink Glacier
Borchgrevink Glacier (coord|73|4|S|168|30|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a large
glacier in theVictory Mountains ,Victoria Land , draining south betweenMalta Plateau andDaniell Peninsula , and thence projecting intoGlacier Strait ,Ross Sea , as a floatingglacier tongue . It was named by theNew Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, forCarsten E. Borchgrevink , leader of theBritish Antarctic Expedition , 1898-1900. Borchgrevink visited the area in February 1900 and first observed the seaward portion of the glacier.The Borchgrevink Glacier has several contributing glaciers:
*Ingham Glacier (coord|72|50|S|168|38|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title), a tributary glacier 3 miles (5 km) west of Humphries Glacier, flowing south into Borchgrevink Glacier; mapped by theUnited States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys andU.S. Navy air photos, between 1960 and 1962. It was named by theAdvisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) forClayton E. Ingham ,New Zealand geophysicist atHallett Station , 1957.
*Humphries Glacier (coord|72|51|S|168|50|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title), a steep tributary glacier just east of Ingham Glacier, flowing generally southwestward to join Borchgrevink Glacier northwestward ofMount Prior . It was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, between 1960 and 1962, and named by US-ACAN forJohn G. Humphries ,New Zealand ionospheric scientist at Hallett Station, 1957.
*Behr Glacier (coord|72|55|S|168|5|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title), a steep tributary glacier, 7 miles (11 km) long, flowing east along the north side ofClapp Ridge to join Borchgrevink Glacier. The glacier first appears on a 1960New Zealand map compiled from U.S. Navy aerial photographs. Named by US-ACAN for Col.Robert Behr , USAF, who was of assistance in the review of U.S. policy toward Antarctica in the 1970-71 period.
*Hand Glacier (coord|72|58|S|168|5|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title), a deeply entrenched valley glacier that drains the east slopes of Malta Plateau and flows east along the south side of Clapp Ridge into the Borchgrevink Glacier. It was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos between 1960 and 64, and was named by US-ACAN for Cadet H. Hand,biologist atMcMurdo Station , in 1967-68.
*Line Glacier (coord|72|59|S|167|50|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title), a glacier that drains the south part of the east slopes of Malta Plateau and flows east betweenCollins Peak andMount Alberts into Borchgrevink Glacier; mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos between 1960 and 1964, and named by US-ACAN for Kenneth Line, traverse engineer with theUnited States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) glaciological party atRoosevelt Island , 1967-68.
*Bargh Glacier (coord|73|5|S|168|46|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title), a glacier 6 miles (10 km) long in the southwest part of Daniell Peninsula, 2 miles (3 km) north of Langevad Glacier, whose stream it parallels, and flows southwest to enter Borchgrevink Glacier; mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos between 1960 and 1964; named by US-ACAN forKenneth A. Bargh , seismologist at Hallett Station, in 1958.
*Langevad Glacier (coord|73|8|S|168|50|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title), located 2 miles (3 km) south of Bargh Glacier and just west ofNarrow Neck , draining southwest from the Daniell Peninsula into the lower part of Borchgrevink Glacier. It was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, between 1960 and 1964, and named by US-ACAN for Michael W. Langevad, electronics technician at Hallett Station, 1957.ee also
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List of glaciers
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