Matusevich Glacier [SEP] continent
Matusevich Glacier
Matusevich Glacier is a broad glacier about long, with a well developed glacier tongue, flowing to the coast of East Antarctica between the Lazarev Mountains and the northwestern extremity of the Wilson Hills.
Geography.
The glacier flows toward the coast of East Antarctica, pushing through a channel between the Lazarev Mountains and the north-western tip of the Wilson terrain. Constrained by surrounding rocks, the river of ice holds together. But stresses resulting from the glacier’s movement make deep crevasses, or cracks, in
Discovery and naming.
The region was photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, and the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions, 1959 and 1962. It was named by the Soviet expedition after N.N. Matusevich, a Soviet hydrographer and surveyor.
Matusevich Glacier Tongue.
Matusevich Glacier Tongue, located at , is a glacier tongue about 18 nautical miles (33 km) long which is the broad seaward extension of the Matusevich Glacier. The Magga Dan, vessel of the ANARE (