Battye Glacier

Battye Glacier
Location of Battye Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Mac. Robertson Land
Coordinates	70°52′11″S 67°45′33″E / 70.86972°S 67.75917°E / -70.86972; 67.75917
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Radok Lake
Status	unknown

Battye Glacier (70°52′11″S 67°45′33″E / 70.86972°S 67.75917°E / -70.86972; 67.75917Coordinates: 70°52′11″S 67°45′33″E / 70.86972°S 67.75917°E / -70.86972; 67.75917) is a glacier flowing east into Radok Lake in the Aramis Range of the Prince Charles Mountains. It was plotted from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions air photos taken in 1956 and 1960, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for A.C. Battye, glaciologist at Wilkes Station in 1962.

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References

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Battye 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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