Leverett Glacier

The Leverett Glacier is about long and wide, flowing from the Antarctic Plateau to the south end of the Ross Ice Shelf through the Queen Maud Mountains. ^[1]

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1. 19 relations: Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, Antarctic Plateau, Frank Leverett, Harold Byrd Mountains, Laurence McKinley Gould, Lockheed LC-130, McMurdo Station, Nunatak, Operation Deep Freeze, Queen Maud Mountains, Richard E. Byrd, Ross Ice Shelf, Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains), South Pole Traverse, Tapley Mountains, Transantarctic Mountains, United States, University of Michigan, Watson Escarpment.

2. Glaciers of Marie Byrd Land

Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station

The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole of the Earth.

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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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Frank Leverett

Frank Leverett (March 10, 1859 – November 15, 1943) was an American geologist who specialised in glaciology.

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Harold Byrd Mountains

The Harold Byrd Mountains are a group of exposed mountains and nunataks which extend in an east–west direction between the lower part of Leverett Glacier and the head of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

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Laurence McKinley Gould

Laurence McKinley Gould (August 22, 1896 – June 21, 1995) was an American geologist, educator, and polar explorer.

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Lockheed LC-130

The Lockheed LC-130 is a ski-equipped United States Air Force variant of the C-130 Hercules used in the Arctic and Antarctic.

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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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Nunatak

A nunatak (from Inuit nunataq) is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge.

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Operation Deep Freeze

Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on.

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Queen Maud Mountains

The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic Plateau in Antarctica.

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Richard E. Byrd

Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957), an American naval officer, was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics.

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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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Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains)

The Scott Glacier is a major glacier, long, that drains the East Antarctic Ice Sheet through the Queen Maud Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf.

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South Pole Traverse

The South Pole Traverse, also called the South Pole Overland Traverse, is an approximately flagged route over compacted snow and ice in Antarctica that links McMurdo Station on the coast to the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, both operated by the National Science Foundation of the United States.

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Tapley Mountains

The Tapley Mountains is a range of mountains fronting on the eastern side of the Scott Glacier, extending eastward for between Leverett Glacier and Albanus Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica.

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Transantarctic Mountains

The Transantarctic Mountains (abbreviated TAM) comprise a mountain range of uplifted rock (primarily sedimentary) in Antarctica which extends, with some interruptions, across the continent from Cape Adare in northern Victoria Land to Coats Land.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Watson Escarpment

Watson Escarpment is a major escarpment in the Queen Maud Mountains, trending northward along the east margin of Scott Glacier, then eastward to Reedy Glacier where it turns southward along the glacier's west side.

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See also

Glaciers of Marie Byrd Land

• Fahnestock Glacier
• Hulbe Glacier
• Hull Glacier
• Jacobel Glacier
• Land Glacier
• Leverett Glacier
• Nereson Glacier
• Park Glacier (Antarctica)
• Pope Glacier
• Reedy Glacier
• Scambos Glacier
• Shuman Glacier
• Strauss Glacier
• Thurston Glacier
• Thwaites Glacier
• Vornberger Glacier
• Warpasgiljo Glacier

References

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

Also known as George Nunatak, Kelley Nunatak, Marsh Ridge, Nunatak, George, Price Peak, Reynolds Nunatak.

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