Hedley Glacier [SEP] continent
Hedley Glacier
Hedley Glacier () is a small glacier in the Kukri Hills of Victoria Land, Antarctica, flowing south from Mount Coates into Ferrar Glacier. It was named by the Western Journey Party of Robert Falcon Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, probably for Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, whose studies and reports on the Mollusca contributed to Scott's expedition, and to the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, led by Ernest Shackleton.
from Mount Kosciuszko's southern flank, is the highest lake on the Australian mainland. Lake Albina, Club Lake, Blue Lake, and Hedley Tarn also have glacial origins.
There is some disagreement as to exactly how widespread Pleistocene glaciation was on the main range, and little or no evidence from earlier glacial periods exists. The 'David Moraine', a one-kilometre-long ridge running across Spencers Creek valley seems to indicate a larger glacier existed in this area at some time, however the glacial origin of this