Minerva Glacier

Minerva Glacier (79°34′12″S 157°15′00″E / 79.57000°S 157.25000°E / -79.57000; 157.25000Coordinates: 79°34′12″S 157°15′00″E / 79.57000°S 157.25000°E / -79.57000; 157.25000) is a tongue-shaped glacier that flows northwest into the valley between Tentacle Ridge and Gorgons Head in the Cook Mountains. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee after the goddess Minerva, in association with the names from Greek mythology grouped in this area.

References

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

Types

Anatomy

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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

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