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Koettlitz Glacier

Koettlitz Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier lying west of Mount Morning and Mount Discovery in the Royal Society Range, flowing from the vicinity of Mount Cocks northeastward between Brown Peninsula and the mainland into the ice shelf of McMurdo Sound. ^[1]

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29 relations: Ablation, Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctica, Brown Peninsula, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Dailey Islands, Discovery Expedition, Kubla Khan, Last Glacial Maximum, McMurdo Sound, McMurdo Station, Mount Discovery, Mount Dromedary (Antarctica), Mount Morning, Mount Rücker, Mount Rees (Victoria Land), Mount Talmadge, Névé, Reginald Koettlitz, Ross Dependency, Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Island, Royal Society Range, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Skelton Glacier, The Pyramid (Antarctica), Thomas Griffith Taylor, United States Geological Survey, United States Marine Corps.
Glaciers of Victoria Land

Ablation

Ablation (ablatio – removal) is the removal or destruction of something from an object by vaporization, chipping, erosive processes, or by other means.

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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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Antarctica

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

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Brown Peninsula

Brown Peninsula is a nearly ice-free peninsula, long and wide, which rises above the Ross Ice Shelf northward of Mount Discovery, to which it is connected by a low isthmus. Koettlitz Glacier and Brown Peninsula are Scott Coast.

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Charles Doolittle Walcott

Charles Doolittle Walcott (March 31, 1850February 9, 1927) was an American paleontologist, administrator of the Smithsonian Institution from 1907 to 1927, and director of the United States Geological Survey.

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Dailey Islands

The Dailey Islands are a group of small volcanic islands lying off the coast of Victoria Land, northeast of Cape Chocolate, in the northern part of the ice shelf bordering McMurdo Sound. Koettlitz Glacier and Dailey Islands are Scott Coast.

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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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Kubla Khan

Kubla Khan: or A Vision in a Dream is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816.

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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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McMurdo Sound

The McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica, known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately from the South Pole.

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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 Discovery

Mount Discovery is a conspicuous, isolated volcanic cone, high, lying at the head of McMurdo Sound and east of Koettlitz Glacier, overlooking the northwest portion of the Ross Ice Shelf. Koettlitz Glacier and Mount Discovery are Scott Coast.

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Mount Dromedary (Antarctica)

Mount Dromedary is a hump-shaped mountain, over high, standing east of Mount Kempe in the Royal Society Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Koettlitz Glacier and mount Dromedary (Antarctica) are Scott Coast.

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Mount Morning

Mount Morning is a shield volcano at the foot of the Transantarctic Mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Koettlitz Glacier and Mount Morning are Scott Coast.

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Mount Rücker

Mount Rücker is a mountain, high, immediately south of Johns Hopkins Ridge, in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Koettlitz Glacier and mount Rücker are Scott Coast.

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Mount Rees (Victoria Land)

Mount Rees is a mountain which rises above the cliffs at the west side of Koettlitz Névé, SSW of Mount Talmadge, Victoria Land.

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Mount Talmadge

Mount Talmadge is a mountain (2,395 m) which rises above the steep cliffs at the west side of Koettlitz Neve, 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Fisher Bastion, Victoria Land. Koettlitz Glacier and mount Talmadge 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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Reginald Koettlitz

Reginald Koettlitz (1860–1916) was a British physician and polar explorer.

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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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Ross Island

Ross Island is an island in Antarctica lying on the east side of McMurdo Sound and extending from Cape Bird in the north to Cape Armitage in the south, and a similar distance from Cape Royds in the west to Cape Crozier in the east.

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Royal Society Range

The Royal Society Range is a majestic range of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, rising to along the west shore of McMurdo Sound between the Koettlitz, Skelton and Ferrar Glaciers. Koettlitz Glacier and Royal Society Range are Scott Coast.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth.

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Skelton Glacier

Skelton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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The Pyramid (Antarctica)

The Pyramid is a small but distinctive peak in Antarctica just south of Pyramid Trough, at the west side of the Koettlitz Glacier. Koettlitz Glacier and the Pyramid (Antarctica) are Scott Coast.

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Thomas Griffith Taylor

Thomas Griffith "Grif" Taylor (1 December 1880 – 5 November 1963) was an English-born geographer, anthropologist and world explorer.

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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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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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References

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

Also known as Barlow Rocks, Bratina Island, Antarctica, Bulwark Stream, Cape Chocolate, Dromedary Glacier, Foster Crater, Foster Glacier, Glimpse Glacier, Hahn Island, Hooper Crags, Howchin Glacier, Howchin North Stream, Howchin South Stream, James Hahn (naval officer), Koettlitz Névé, Lake Morning, Mount Cocks, Pipecleaner Glacier, Radian Glacier, Renegar Glacier, Walcott Bay, Walcott Glacier.

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