Edge Glacier

Edge Glacier
Location of Edge Glacier in Antarctica
Type	cliff-type
Location	Queen Elizabeth Land
Coordinates	82°29′S 51°7′W / 82.483°S 51.117°W / -82.483; -51.117
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Ross Ice Shelf
Status	unknown

Edge Glacier (82°29′S 51°7′W / 82.483°S 51.117°W / -82.483; -51.117Coordinates: 82°29′S 51°7′W / 82.483°S 51.117°W / -82.483; -51.117) is a small cliff-type glacier draining northward into Davis Valley in northeast Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Joseph L. Edge, a photographer with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 on Operation Deep Freeze 1963 and 1964.^[1]

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References

↑ "Edge Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-02-23.

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