Childs Glacier

Childs Glacier
Location of Childs Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Queen Elizabeth Land
Coordinates	83°24′S 58°40′W / 83.400°S 58.667°W / -83.400; -58.667
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Foundation Ice Stream
Status	unknown

Childs Glacier (83°24′S 58°40′W / 83.400°S 58.667°W / -83.400; -58.667Coordinates: 83°24′S 58°40′W / 83.400°S 58.667°W / -83.400; -58.667) is a glacier in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, draining westward from Roderick Valley to enter Foundation Ice Stream. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for John H. Childs, a builder at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.

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

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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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