Arriens Glacier

Arriens Glacier
Location of Arriens Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Mac. Robertson Land
Coordinates	73°27′48″S 68°24′1″E / 73.46333°S 68.40028°E / -73.46333; 68.40028
Terminus	Lambert Glacier

Arriens Glacier (73°27′48″S 68°24′1″E / 73.46333°S 68.40028°E / -73.46333; 68.40028Coordinates: 73°27′48″S 68°24′1″E / 73.46333°S 68.40028°E / -73.46333; 68.40028) is a small Antarctic glacier, south of Casey Point in the Mawson Escarpment, flowing west to reach Lambert Glacier. It was plotted from ANARE aerial photographs taken in 1956, 1960 and 1973, and named by the Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee after P. Arriens, geochronologist with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1973.

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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Arriens Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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Volcanic relations

Erosional	Arête Cirque Cirque stairway Crag and tail Finger lake Fjord Glacial horn Glacial lake Glacial striae Hanging valley Ribbon lake Roche moutonnée Tarn Trough lake Trough valley Tunnel valley U-valley Valley step Zungenbecken
Depositional	Drumlin Erratic block Moraine Moraine-dammed lake Pulju moraine Rogen moraine Sevetti moraine Terminal moraine Till plain Veiki moraine
Glacifluvial	Alpentor Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur Urstromtal

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Glaciers in the Antarctic

Glaciers of Mac. Robertson Land
Arriens Glacier Battye Glacier Brunvoll Glacier Charybdis Glacier Collins Glacier Fisher Glacier Forbes Glacier Geysen Glacier McKinnon Glacier Mellor Glacier Nemesis Glacier Scoble Glacier Scylla Glacier Strahan Glacier Trail Glacier Utstikkar Glacier

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