Darwin Glacier (Antarctica)

The Darwin Glacier is a large glacier in Antarctica. ^[1]

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1. 25 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctic ice sheet, Antarctic Research Centre, Antarctica, Brown Hills, Byrd Glacier, Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Cook Mountains, Darwin Mountains, Diamond Hill, Discovery Expedition, Kenneth Ridge, Last Glacial Maximum, Meteorite Hills, Mount Aldrich, Mount McClintock, Mulock Glacier, Névé, Ross Dependency, Ross Ice Shelf, Tentacle Ridge, Turnstile Ridge, United States Antarctic Program, United States Geological Survey, University of Waikato.

2. Glaciers of Hillary Coast
3. Glaciers of Oates 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 ice sheet

The Antarctic ice sheet is a continental glacier covering 98% of the Antarctic continent, with an area of and an average thickness of over.

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Antarctic Research Centre

The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington.

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Antarctica

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

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Brown Hills

The Brown Hills are a group of mainly snow-free hills in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica.

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Byrd Glacier

The Byrd Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. Darwin Glacier (Antarctica) and Byrd Glacier are glaciers of Hillary Coast and glaciers of Oates Land.

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Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole.

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Cook Mountains

The Cook Mountains is a group of mountains bounded by the Mulock and Darwin glaciers in Antarctica.

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Darwin Mountains

The Darwin Mountains are a group of mountains between the Darwin Glacier and Hatherton Glacier in Antarctica.

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Diamond Hill

Diamond Hill is a hill in the east of Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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Discovery Expedition

The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1843).

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Kenneth Ridge

Kenneth Ridge is the northernmost of three rock outcrops in the northern part of the Manning Nunataks, Antarctica.

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Last Glacial Maximum

The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), also referred to as the Last Glacial Coldest Period, was the most recent time during the Last Glacial Period where ice sheets were at their greatest extent 26,000 and 20,000 years ago.

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Meteorite Hills

The Meteorite Hills are a group of hills, long, forming the western portion of the Darwin Mountains in Antarctica.

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Mount Aldrich

Mount Aldrich is a massive, somewhat flat-topped mountain standing at the east side of Ragotzkie Glacier in the Britannia Range, Antarctica.

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Mount McClintock

Mount McClintock is the highest mountain in the Britannia Range in Antarctica, surmounting the south end of Forbes Ridge, east of Mount Olympus.

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Mulock Glacier

The Mulock Glacier is a large, heavily crevassed glacier which flows into the Ross Ice Shelf south of the Skelton Glacier in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Darwin Glacier (Antarctica) and Mulock Glacier are glaciers of Hillary 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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Ross Dependency

The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south.

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Ross Ice Shelf

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France).

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Tentacle Ridge

Tentacle Ridge is a long partially ice-free ridge lying south of Mount Longhurst, extending from the mouth of McCleary Glacier southeast along the north side of Darwin Glacier.

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Turnstile Ridge

Turnstile Ridge is a ridge about long, lying north of Westhaven Nunatak at the northwest extremity of the Britannia Range.

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United States Antarctic Program

The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the Antarctica continent.

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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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University of Waikato

The University of Waikato (Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato), established in 1964, is a public research university located in Hamilton, New Zealand.

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See also

Glaciers of Hillary Coast

• Bertoglio Glacier
• Byrd Glacier
• Carlyon Glacier
• Darwin Glacier (Antarctica)
• Mulock Glacier
• Schutt Glacier
• Skelton Glacier

Glaciers of Oates Land

• Bartrum Glacier
• Benbrook Glacier
• Byrd Glacier
• Darwin Glacier (Antarctica)
• Farmer Glacier
• Fastook Glacier
• Foggydog Glacier
• Gaussiran Glacier
• Gutenberg Glacier
• Hughes Basin
• List of glaciers of Oates Land
• Matusevich Glacier
• Mercury Glacier (Cook Mountains)
• Prince Edward Glacier
• Suvorov Glacier
• Tomilin Glacier

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Glacier_(Antarctica)

Also known as Alley Glacier, Circle Icefall, Cranfield Icefalls, Darwin Névé, Diamond Glacier (Antarctica), Gawn Ice Piedmont, Green Glacier (Haskell Ridge), Hatherton Glacier, Hinton Glacier, Island Arena, Lieske Glacier, MacDonald Point, McCleary Glacier, McCraw Glacier, Overturn Glacier, Ragotzkie Glacier, Ragotzkie Icefall, Roadend Nunatak, The Nozzle, Touchdown Glacier, Walker Cirque.

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