Kosco Glacier

Kosco Glacier (84°27′S 178°0′W / 84.450°S 178.000°W / -84.450; -178.000Coordinates: 84°27′S 178°0′W / 84.450°S 178.000°W / -84.450; -178.000) is a glacier about 20 nautical miles (40 km) long, flowing from the Anderson Heights vicinity of the Bush Mountains of Antarctica northward to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Wilson Portal and Mount Speed. It was discovered by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain George F. Kosco, U.S. Navy, chief aerologist and chief scientist of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47.^[1]

References

↑ "Kosco Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-14.

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

Types

Anatomy

Processes

Measurements

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

Glaciology
Category
List
Template:Periglacial environment

Glaciers in the Antarctic

Glaciers of the Ross Dependency

King Edward VII Land

Ross Dependency

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.