Denman Glacier

Denman Glacier
Map showing the location of Denman Glacier
Location of Denman Glacier in Antarctica
Type tributary
Location Queen Mary Land
Coordinates 66°45′S 99°30′E / 66.750°S 99.500°E / -66.750; 99.500
Length 70 nmi (130 km; 80 mi)
Width 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi)
Thickness unknown
Terminus Shackleton Ice Shelf
Status unknown

Denman Glacier is a glacier 7 to 10 nautical miles (13 to 19 km; 8 to 12 mi) wide, descending north some 70 nautical miles (130 km; 80 mi), which debouches into the Shackleton Ice Shelf east of David Island, Queen Mary Land. It was discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Sir Douglas Mawson. Mawson named the glacier for Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia in 1911, a patron of the expedition.[1]

Calving of Denman Glacier into the Mawson Sea gives rise to the periodically appearing Pobeda Ice Island.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Denman Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-11.

Coordinates: 66°45′S 99°30′E / 66.750°S 99.500°E / -66.750; 99.500


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