Blades Glacier

Blades Glacier
Location of King Edward VII Land (marked in orange) within the Ross Dependency
Location of Blades Glacier in Antarctica
Location	King Edward VII Land
Coordinates	77°38′S 153°00′W / 77.633°S 153.000°W / -77.633; -153.000
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Dalton Glacier
Status	unknown

Blades Glacier (77°38′S 153°0′W / 77.633°S 153.000°W / -77.633; -153.000Coordinates: 77°38′S 153°0′W / 77.633°S 153.000°W / -77.633; -153.000) is a glacier flowing east from the snow-covered saddle just north of La Gorce Peak, Alexandra Mountains. It merges with Dalton Glacier on the north side of Edward VII Peninsula. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William Robert Blades who served as navigator during U.S. Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47) and Operation Deep Freeze (1955–59).

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