Thyer Glacier

Tyer Glacier
Location of Tyer Glacier in Antarctica
Type	tributary
Location	Enderby Land
Coordinates	67°43′S 48°45′E / 67.717°S 48.750°E / -67.717; 48.750
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Rayner Glacier
Status	unknown

Thyer Glacier (67°43′S 48°45′E / 67.717°S 48.750°E / -67.717; 48.750Coordinates: 67°43′S 48°45′E / 67.717°S 48.750°E / -67.717; 48.750) is a tributary glacier, flowing northwest along the south side of the Raggatt Mountains to enter the Rayner Glacier. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken by the RAAF flight in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R.F. Thyer, chief geophysicist, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Australian Department of National Development and Energy.

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

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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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