Antevs Glacier
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Antevs Glacier also known as North Heim Glacier, is a glacier
on Arrowsmith Peninsula
, Graham Land
, flowing north between Seue Peaks
and Boyle Mountains
into Muller Ice Shelf
, Lallemand Fjord
. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 after Ernst V. Antevs, American glacial geologist.
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...
on Arrowsmith Peninsula
Arrowsmith Peninsula
Arrowsmith Peninsula is a cape about long on the west coast of Graham Land, west of Forel Glacier, Sharp Glacier and Lallemand Fjord, and northwest of Bourgeois Fjord, with Hanusse Bay lying to the northwest. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955-58 and named for...
, Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
, flowing north between Seue Peaks
Seue Peaks
Seue Peaks are peaks standing between Bentley Crag and Mount Rendu on Arrowsmith Peninsula in Graham Land. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from surveys and air photos, 1956-59...
and Boyle Mountains
Boyle Mountains
The Boyle Mountains are a wall of mountains standing between the heads of Lallemand Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord, in Graham Land. They were mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from surveys and from air photos, 1946–59, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Robert...
into Muller Ice Shelf
Muller Ice Shelf
Muller Ice Shelf, also known as Müller Ice Shelf according to the original German spelling of the family name Müller, was an ice shelf lying southwest of Hooke Point in southwest Lallemand Fjord, Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast...
, Lallemand Fjord
Lallemand Fjord
The Lallemand Fjord is a fjord located east of Arrowsmith Peninsula and west of Pernik Peninsula on Loubet Coast on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula...
. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 after Ernst V. Antevs, American glacial geologist.