Shell Glacier

Shell Glacier

Shell Glacier (coord|77|16|S|166|25|E|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a western lobe of the Mount Bird icecap. It descends steeply in the valley north of Trachyte Hill and Harrison Bluff in the center of the ice-free area on the lower western slopes of Mount Bird, Ross Island. Mapped and so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59, because of the marine shell content of the moraines.


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