Tracy Glacier

Tracy Glacier
Map of Antarctica, with Wilkes Land slightly to the right
Location of Tracy Glacier in Antarctica
Type	channel
Location	Wilkes Land
Coordinates	65°57′00″S 102°20′00″E / 65.95000°S 102.33333°E / -65.95000; 102.33333
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Shackleton Ice Shelf
Status	unknown

Tracy Glacier (65°57′S 102°20′E / 65.950°S 102.333°E / -65.950; 102.333Coordinates: 65°57′S 102°20′E / 65.950°S 102.333°E / -65.950; 102.333) is a channel glacier flowing to the Shackleton Ice Shelf 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Cape Elliott. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Lloyd W. Tracy, U.S. Navy, pilot with U.S. Navy Operation Windmill, 1947–48, who assisted in operations which resulted in the establishment of astronomical control stations from Wilhelm II Coast to Budd Coast.

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

Types

Anatomy

Processes

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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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