Hunt Glacier [SEP] continent
Hunt Glacier
Hunt Glacier () is a small, deeply entrenched glacier on the east coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, entering Granite Harbour north of Dreikanter Head. It was mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and probably named for H.A. Hunt, an Australian meteorologist who assisted in writing the scientific reports of the earlier British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09.
Eocene–Oligocene extinction event). The term Late Cenozoic Ice Age is used to include this early phase.
During this last glacial period there were alternating episodes of glacier advance and retreat. Within the last glacial period the Last Glacial Maximum was approximately 22,000 years ago. While the general pattern of global cooling and glacier advance was similar, local differences in the development of glacier advance and retreat make it difficult to compare the details from continent to continent (see picture of ice core data below for differences). Approximately 13,000