Aviator Glacier

Aviator Glacier is major valley glacier in Antarctica that is over 60 miles (97 km) long and 5 miles (8.0 km) wide, descending generally southward from the plateau of Victoria Land along the west side of Mountaineer Range, and entering Lady Newnes Bay between Cape Sibbald and Hayes Head where it forms the Aviator Glacier Tongue.[1]

Aviator Glacier
1:250,000 scale topographic map of the Aviator Glacier and the Southern Cross Mountains
Location of Aviator Glacier in Antarctica
LocationVictoria Land
Coordinates73°50′S 165°03′E
Length96 km (60 mi)
Width8 km (5.0 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusLady Newnes Bay
Statusunknown

A glacier is a mass of ice with sufficient thickness to flow away from the source area in lobes, tongues or masses. Glaciers are usually found at high latitudes or high elevations.[2]

The glacier was photographed from the air by Captain W.M. Hawkes, US Navy, on the historic first flight from New Zealand to McMurdo Sound on December 17, 1955. An attempt to reconnoiter it by helicopter and to land a party of the NZGSAE on it had to be abandoned when USS Glacier was damaged in pressure ice in December 1958. Named by NZGSAE, 1958–59, as a tribute to the hazardous work of pilots and other airmen in Antarctic exploratory and scientific operations.[3]

Aviator Glacier Tongue

The Aviator Glacier Tongue in Antarctica is a seaward extension of Aviator Glacier into the Ross Sea, between Wood Bay and Lady Newness Bay along the coast of Victoria Land.[4] This floating ice tongue extends into the water for about 25 kilometres (16 mi). The name was recommended by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Aviator Glacier.[5]

See also

References
  1. Find the Data. "Glacier: Aviator Glacier, Antarctica". Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  2. TravelsRadiate. "Aviator Glacier Tongue". Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  3. Find the Data. "Glacier: Aviator Glacier, Antarctica". Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  4. Find the Data. "Glacier: Aviator Glacier Tongue, Antarctica". Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  5. Find the Data. "Glacier: Aviator Glacier Tongue, Antarctica". Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.


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