Held Glacier

Held Glacier (84°47′S 177°0′W / 84.783°S 177.000°W / -84.783; -177.000Coordinates: 84°47′S 177°0′W / 84.783°S 177.000°W / -84.783; -177.000) is a tributary glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km), flowing east from the Anderson Heights to enter Shackleton Glacier just south of Epidote Peak, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant George B. Held of the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps, a Public Works Officer at McMurdo Station during 1964.^[1]

References

↑ "Held Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-09.

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