Aiken Glacier
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Aiken Glacier is a small glacier
between Von Guerard Glacier
and Wales Glacier
on the north slope of Kukri Hills
, Victoria Land
. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(1997) from association with Aiken Creek, which flows north from this glacier into Taylor Valley
.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
between Von Guerard Glacier
Von Guerard Glacier
Von Guerard Glacier is a glacier between Crescent Glacier and Aiken Glacier on the north slope of Kukri Hills, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names from association with Von Guerard Creek, which flows north from this glacier into Taylor Valley....
and Wales Glacier
Wales Glacier
Wales Glacier is a short alpine glacier just west of Mount Barnes at the east end of the Kukri Hills. It drains north into Taylor Valley in Victoria Land. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott....
on the north slope of Kukri Hills
Kukri Hills
Kukri Hills is a prominent east-west trending range, about long and over high, forming the divide between Ferrar Glacier on the south and Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley on the north, in Victoria Land, Antarctica....
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(1997) from association with Aiken Creek, which flows north from this glacier into Taylor Valley
Taylor Valley
Taylor Valley is the southern one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . The valley extends from Taylor Glacier in the west to McMurdo Sound at Explorers Cove at the northwest head of New Harbour in the east...
.