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Reeves Glacier

Index Reeves Glacier

The Reeves Glacier is a broad glacier originating on the interior upland and descending between Eisenhower Range and Mount Larsen to merge with the Nansen Ice Sheet along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. [1]

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  1. 18 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Aeneas Mackintosh, Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, Carl Anton Larsen, Discovery Expedition, Eisenhower Range, Ernest Shackleton, Glacier, Jethro Teall, Nansen Ice Sheet, Névé, New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Nimrod Expedition, Prince Albert Mountains, United States Geological Survey, Victoria Land, William Pember Reeves.

  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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Aeneas Mackintosh

Aeneas Lionel Acton Mackintosh (1 July 1879 – 8 May 1916) was a British Merchant Navy officer and Antarctic explorer who commanded the Ross Sea party as part of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917.

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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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Carl Anton Larsen

Carl Anton Larsen (7 August 1860 – 8 December 1924) was a Norwegian-born whaler and Antarctic explorer who made important contributions to the exploration of Antarctica, the most significant being the first discovery of fossils for which he received the Back Grant from the Royal Geographical Society.

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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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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. Reeves Glacier and Eisenhower Range are Scott Coast.

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Ernest Shackleton

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic.

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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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Jethro Teall

Sir Jethro Justinian Harris Teall FRS HFRSE PGS (5 January 1849 – 2 July 1924) was a British geologist and petrographist.

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Nansen Ice Sheet

Nansen Ice Sheet is a long by wide ice shelf. Reeves Glacier and Nansen Ice Sheet are glaciers of Victoria Land and 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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Nimrod Expedition

The Nimrod Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his second time to the Continent.

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Prince Albert Mountains

The Prince Albert Mountains are a major mountain group in Antarctica over long. Reeves Glacier and Prince Albert Mountains are Scott Coast.

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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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William Pember Reeves

William Pember Reeves (10 February 1857 – 16 May 1932) was a New Zealand politician, cricketer, historian and poet who promoted social reform.

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See also

Glaciers of Victoria Land

References

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

Also known as Andersson Ridge, Anderton Glacier, Calfee Nunatak, Hansen Nunatak, Mount Fenton, Mount Janetschek, Mount Larsen (Victoria Land), Mount Mackintosh, Mount Matz, Reeves Névé, Shepard Cliff, Skinner Ridge, Teall Nunatak, The Boil, Thern Promontory.