Priestley Glacier

The Priestley Glacier is a major valley glacier, about long, originating at the edge of the Polar Plateau of Victoria Land, Antarctica. ^[1]

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1. 17 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctic Plateau, Deep Freeze Range, Eisenhower Range, McMurdo Station, Mount Baxter (Antarctica), Nansen Ice Sheet, Nash Ridge, Névé, New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Raymond Priestley, Rennick Glacier, Sequence Hills, Terra Nova Expedition, United States Geological Survey, Victoria Land.

2. Glaciers of Victoria Land

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.

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Antarctic Plateau

The Antarctic Plateau, Polar Plateau or King Haakon VII Plateau is a large area of East Antarctica that extends over a diameter of about, and includes the region of the geographic South Pole and the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.

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Deep Freeze Range

The Deep Freeze Range is a rugged mountain range, over long and about wide, rising between Priestley and Campbell Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica, and extending from the edge of the polar plateau to Terra Nova Bay.

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Eisenhower Range

The Eisenhower Range is a majestic mountain range, about long and rising to, which rises between Reeves Névé on the west, Reeves Glacier on the south, and Priestley Glacier on the north and east, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Priestley Glacier and Eisenhower Range are Scott Coast.

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McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand–claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica.

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Mount Baxter (Antarctica)

Mount Baxter is a large buttress-type mountain, located just south of O'Kane Canyon where it forms a rounded projection of the east escarpment of the Eisenhower Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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Nansen Ice Sheet

Nansen Ice Sheet is a long by wide ice shelf. Priestley Glacier and Nansen Ice Sheet are glaciers of Victoria Land and Scott Coast.

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Nash Ridge

Nash Ridge is a high, massive ridge of eastern Eisenhower Range, about long and wide, projecting between the flow of the O'Kane Glacier and Priestley Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Priestley Glacier and Nash Ridge are Scott Coast.

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Névé

Névé is a young, granular type of snow which has been partially melted, refrozen and compacted, yet precedes the form of ice.

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New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee

New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent.

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New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica.

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Raymond Priestley

Sir Raymond Edward Priestley (20 July 1886 – 24 June 1974) was an English geologist and early Antarctic explorer.

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Rennick Glacier

Rennick Glacier is broad glacier, nearly long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica.

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Sequence Hills

Sequence Hills is an escarpment-like hills on the west margin of the upper Rennick Glacier, about 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of Caudal Hills, Victoria Land.

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Terra Nova Expedition

The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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Victoria Land

Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau.

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See also

Glaciers of Victoria Land

• Airdevronsix Icefalls
• Benson Glacier
• David Glacier
• Evans Piedmont Glacier
• Fry Glacier
• Harbour Glacier (Victoria Land)
• Harp Glacier
• Kennedy Glacier (Antarctica)
• Koettlitz Glacier
• Larsen Glacier
• Mackay Glacier
• Mariner Glacier
• Matataua Glacier
• Mawson Glacier
• Nansen Ice Sheet
• Odell Glacier
• Plane Table Glacier
• Ponganis Icefall
• Priestley Glacier
• Reeves Glacier
• Taylor Glacier
• Tinker Glacier
• Tucker Glacier

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priestley_Glacier

Also known as Brawn Rocks, Clingman Peak, Corner Glacier, Foolsmate Glacier, Lister Nunataks, O'Kane Canyon, O'Kane Glacier, Ogden Heights, Priestley Névé, Simpson Crags, Szanto Spur, Tantalus Peak, Wasson Rock.

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