Scott Glacier (East Antarctica)

Scott Glacier is a glacier, wide and over long, flowing north-northwest to the Antarctic coast between Denman Glacier and Mill Island. ^[1]

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1. 11 relations: Antarctica, Apfel Glacier, Australasian Antarctic Expedition, Bunger Hills, Denman Glacier, Douglas Mawson, Glacier, Mill Island, Queen Mary Land, Robert Falcon Scott, Western Base party.

2. Glaciers of Queen Mary Land

Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Apfel Glacier

Apfel Glacier is a glacier about wide and long, flowing west-northwest along the south flank of the Bunger Hills and terminating in Edisto Ice Tongue. Scott Glacier (East Antarctica) and Apfel Glacier are glaciers of Queen Mary Land.

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Australasian Antarctic Expedition

The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was a 1911–1914 expedition headed by Douglas Mawson that explored the largely uncharted Antarctic coast due south of Australia.

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Bunger Hills

Bunger Hills, also known as Bunger Lakes or Bunger Oasis, is a coastal range on the Knox Coast in Wilkes Land in Antarctica, consisting of a group of moderately low, rounded coastal hills, overlain by morainic drift and notably ice free throughout the year, lying south of the Highjump Archipelago.

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Denman Glacier

Denman Glacier is a glacier wide, descending north some, which debouches into the Shackleton Ice Shelf east of David Island, Queen Mary Land. Scott Glacier (East Antarctica) and Denman Glacier are glaciers of Queen Mary Land.

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Douglas Mawson

Sir Douglas Mawson (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was a British-born Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight.

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Mill Island

Mill Island is an ice-domed island, long and wide, lying north of the Bunger Hills.

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Queen Mary Land

Queen Mary Land or the Queen Mary Coast is the portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between Cape Filchner, in 91° 54' E, and Cape Hordern, at 100° 30' E. It is claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory.

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Robert Falcon Scott

Captain Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 – c. 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the ''Discovery'' expedition of 1901–04 and the ''Terra Nova'' expedition of 1910–13.

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Western Base party

The Western Base Party was a successful exploration party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

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See also

Glaciers of Queen Mary Land

• Apfel Glacier
• Denman Glacier
• Northcliffe Glacier
• Roscoe Glacier
• Scott Glacier (East Antarctica)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Glacier_(East_Antarctica)

Also known as Cape Hoadley, Chugunov Island, Edisto Ice Tongue.

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