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Tucker Glacier

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Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long, flowing southeast between the Admiralty Mountains and the Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. [1]

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  1. 30 relations: Admiralty Mountains, Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Barker Range, Cartographers Range, Christine Muller-Schwarze, Daniell Peninsula, East Antarctica, Emanuel David Rudolph, Hallett Peninsula, Homerun Range, James Clark Ross, Lillie Glacier, McGregor Range, McGregor Range (Antarctica), McMurdo Station, Millen Range, Mount Chider, Mount Francis, Mount Freeman, Mount Minto (Antarctica), Névé, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Palmer Station, Ross Sea, Saxby Range, Trigon Bluff, Tucker Glacier, United States Geological Survey, Victoria Land, Victory Mountains.

  2. Admiralty Mountains
  3. Glaciers of Victoria Land

Admiralty Mountains

The Admiralty Mountains (alternatively Admiralty Range) is a large group of high mountains and individually named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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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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Barker Range

Barker Range is a mountain range trending northwest–southeast and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of the Millen Range in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Tucker Glacier and Barker Range are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Cartographers Range

Cartographers Range is a rugged range about long in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land in Antarctica. Tucker Glacier and Cartographers Range are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Christine Muller-Schwarze

Christine Muller-Schwarze (also Müller-Schwarze) was an American psychologist from Utah State University and the first American scientist to work on the Antarctic mainland.

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Daniell Peninsula

Daniell Peninsula is the large peninsula between Cape Daniell and Cape Jones on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Tucker Glacier and Daniell Peninsula are Borchgrevink Coast.

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East Antarctica

East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, constitutes the majority (two-thirds) of the Antarctic continent, lying primarily in the Eastern Hemisphere south of the Indian Ocean, and separated from West Antarctica by the Transantarctic Mountains.

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Emanuel David Rudolph

Emanuel David "Rudy" Rudolph (9 September 1927, Brooklyn – 22 June 1992, Columbus, Ohio) was a botanist, lichenologist, and historian of botany.

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Hallett Peninsula

Hallett Peninsula is a triangular, dome-shaped peninsula, long, with cliffs on its eastern seaboard side and on its west side. Tucker Glacier and Hallett Peninsula are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Homerun Range

The Homerun Range is a northwest-trending range, long and wide, east of Everett Range at the heads of the Ebbe Glacier and Tucker Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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James Clark Ross

Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edward Parry, and, in particular, for his own Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843.

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Lillie Glacier

Lillie Glacier is a large glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide.

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McGregor Range

The McGregor Range is a mountain range in the Central Interior of British Columbia, located between the main spine of the Rocky Mountains and the Fraser River on the northeast and southwest, and between the Torpy River on its southeast and the McGregor River on its northwest.

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McGregor Range (Antarctica)

The McGregor Range is a mountain range long in the south-central Admiralty Mountains, Antarctica. Tucker Glacier and McGregor Range (Antarctica) are Admiralty Mountains.

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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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Millen Range

The Millen Range is a prominent northwest–southeast trending mountain range, located west of the Cartographers Range in the Victory Mountains of Antarctica. Tucker Glacier and Millen Range are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Mount Chider

Mount Chider is a notable mountain, high, standing southeast of Mount Hart in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Tucker Glacier and mount Chider are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Mount Francis

Mount Francis is a massive, ridgelike mountain, high, that overlooks Tucker Glacier from the north, standing between Tyler Glacier and Staircase Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. Tucker Glacier and mount Francis are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Mount Freeman

Mount Freeman is a prominent mountain, high, surmounting the base of Walker Ridge, northwest of Mount Lepanto, in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Tucker Glacier and mount Freeman are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Mount Minto (Antarctica)

Mount Minto is a lofty, mostly ice-free mountain rising to, located east of Mount Adam in the central portion of the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Tucker Glacier and mount Minto (Antarctica) are Admiralty Mountains.

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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 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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Palmer Station

Palmer Station is a United States research station in Antarctica located on Anvers Island, the only US station located north of the Antarctic Circle.

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Ross Sea

The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth.

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Saxby Range

The Saxby Range is a broad mountain range, rising to, in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Tucker Glacier and Saxby Range are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Trigon Bluff

Trigon Bluff is a steep, triangular bluff 10 nautical miles (18 km) west of Football Mountain, rising to 1,245 m on the north side of Tucker Glacier. Tucker Glacier and Trigon Bluff are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Tucker Glacier

Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long, flowing southeast between the Admiralty Mountains and the Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. Tucker Glacier and Tucker Glacier are Admiralty Mountains, Borchgrevink Coast and glaciers of Victoria Land.

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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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Victory Mountains

The Victory Mountains is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea. Tucker Glacier and Victory Mountains are Borchgrevink Coast.

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See also

Admiralty Mountains

Glaciers of Victoria Land

References

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

Also known as Baker Glacier, Biscuit Step, Bowers Glacier, Church Glacier, Church Ridge, Coral Sea Glacier, Coulston Glacier, Cracktrack Glacier, Crater Cirque, Croll Glacier, DeWald Glacier, Deming Glacier, Elder Glacier, Field Névé, Fitch Glacier, Freimanis Glacier, Gruendler Glacier, Handler Ridge, Hearfield Glacier, Helman Glacier, Kelly Glacier, Leander Glacier, Lensen Glacier, Man-o-War Glacier, Massey Glacier, McKellar Glacier, Midway Glacier, Montecchi Glacier, Mount Kyle, Müller Glacier, Novasio Ridge, Osuga Glacier, Pearl Harbor Glacier, Pemmican Step, Rastorfer Glacier, Rudolph Glacier (Victoria Land), Stafford Glacier, Staircase Glacier, Summers Glacier, Tocci Glacier, Towles Glacier, Trafalgar Glacier, Trainer Glacier, Tucker Inlet, Tyler Glacier, Whiplash Glacier, Whitehall Glacier, Wood Glacier.