Hyde Glacier

Hyde Glacier
Location of Heritage Range in Western Antarctica
Location of Hyde Glacier in Antarctica
Type	tributary
Location	Ellsworth Land
Coordinates	79°48′00″S 83°42′00″W / 79.80000°S 83.70000°W / -79.80000; -83.70000
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Union Glacier
Status	unknown

Hyde Glacier (79°48′S 83°42′W / 79.800°S 83.700°W / -79.800; -83.700Coordinates: 79°48′S 83°42′W / 79.800°S 83.700°W / -79.800; -83.700) is a short glacier flowing east through the Edson Hills to join Union Glacier, in the Heritage Range, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William H. Hyde, an ionospheric scientist at Little America V Station in 1958.^[1]

See also

References

↑ "Hyde Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-05.

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

Types

Anatomy

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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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Glaciers of Ellsworth Land

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