Mawson Glacier [SEP] continent
Mawson Glacier
Mawson Glacier () is a large glacier on the east coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, descending eastward from the polar plateau, to the north of Trinity Nunatak and the Kirkwood Range, to enter the Ross Sea, where it forms the Nordenskjöld Ice Tongue. The glacier was first mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) and named for Douglas Mawson, the expedition physicist, who later led two other Antarctic expeditions, 1911–14, and 1929–31.
Reckling Peak is located at the icefalls at the head
Denman Glacier
Denman Glacier is a glacier wide, descending north some , which debouches into the Shackleton Ice Shelf east of David Island, Queen Mary Land. It was discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Sir Douglas Mawson. Mawson named the glacier for Lord Denman, Governor-General of Australia in 1911, a patron of the expedition.
Calving of Denman Glacier into the Mawson Sea gives rise to the periodically appearing Pobeda Ice Island.
See also.
- Ice stream